Tavis Ormandy

English-born computer security analyst known for detecting high-risk vulnerabilities in software
Person human Q18720278
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Tavis Ormandy

Summary

Tavis Ormandy is a human[1]. He worked as a programmer[2] and security hacker[3]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (135 views/month, #7,198 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Tavis Ormandy's professions included programmer[2].
  • Tavis Ormandy's professions included security hacker[3].
  • Tavis Ormandy was employed by Google[5].
  • Tavis Ormandy is recorded as male[6].
  • Tavis Ormandy's instance of is recorded as human[7].
  • Tavis Ormandy is part of Project Zero[8].
  • Tavis Ormandy's family name is recorded as Ormandy[9].
  • Tavis Ormandy's given name is recorded as Tavis[10].
  • Tavis Ormandy's official website is recorded as http://taviso.decsystem.org/[11].
  • Tavis Ormandy's official website is recorded as https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/[12].
  • Tavis Ormandy's email address is recorded as mailto:[email protected][13].
  • Tavis Ormandy's email address is recorded as mailto:[email protected][14].
  • Tavis Ormandy's public key fingerprint is recorded as 55D326837CEC61A98DC2C2BE1BF27C4E33687117[15].
  • Tavis Ormandy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+115727'}[16].
  • Tavis Ormandy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+87172'}[17].
  • Tavis Ormandy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+123934'}[18].
  • Tavis Ormandy's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+126621'}[19].

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Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include programmer[2] and security hacker[3]. Among Tavis Ormandy's employers was Google[5].

Why It Matters

Tavis Ormandy ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (135 views/month, #7,198 of 1,000,298).[4]

He is credited with the discovery of Cloudbleed[20], a vulnerability[21].

FAQs

What did Tavis Ormandy do for work?

Tavis Ormandy worked as programmer[2] and security hacker[3].

What did Tavis Ormandy discover?

Tavis Ormandy is credited as discoverer of Cloudbleed[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wired.com. wired.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . twitter.com. Retrieved . twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . taviso.decsystem.org. Retrieved . taviso.decsystem.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . lock.cmpxchg8b.com. Retrieved . lock.cmpxchg8b.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . taviso.decsystem.org. Retrieved . taviso.decsystem.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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