Daniel Kelley

I'm a reformed black-hat computer hacker. After being the target of Operation Purple Obsidian, Operation Falcon, and Operation Belanos, I was arrested and sentenced to a total of four years in prison, the majority of which I spent in Britain's most secure prison, HMP Belmarsh, living among terrorists and former IRA members. Since then, I have gone on to reform myself and change for the better. You can hear more about my story by searching for the following publications on Google: • Darknet Diaries: Daniel The Paladin Episode #117 • Convicted TalkTalk Blackmailer Warns Young Hackers • TalkTalk Hacker Daniel Kelley Gives Up His Black Hat • After Prison, Hackers Face Tech Restrictions • Life After Cybercrime, One Day At A Time • A Former Hacker Wants To Stop Others Like Him • Businesses only care after they're attacked • Inside the Mind of Daniel Kelley, ex-Blackhat • What’s the NCA doing about cybercrime? Publications have been made on websites like Darknet Diaries, Vice, SecurityWeek, Compu Street Journal, Cybercrime Magazine, Euro News, and Psybersafe. Since my reform, I've achieved and done a lot of great things, so here's a few bullet points of coverage: • Ranked position 11 on Open Bug Bounty among 25,000+ researchers • Conducted black-box and grey-box penetration tests for international clients • Authored technical reports and provided remediation guidance • Gained extensive experience using a variety of offensive-hacking tools • Received hundreds of public acknowledgment