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Bridging Design & Code | UX/UI Specialist & Full-Stack Developer

Cape Town, South Africa
Joined September 2012
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I don’t just design — I create experiences that make users feel. I don’t just code — I build systems that think. Bridging Design & Code to turn ideas into seamless digital realities. 💡 UX/UI Specialist | 🧠 Full-Stack Developer From concept → clarity → code #UXUIDesign
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Enjoying the series so far?? Then stay tuned!
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While his earlier, less damaging hacks earned him probation, his involvement in the later, much larger case put a permanent target on his back. His decision to involve himself in the ethics and politics of high-stakes information leaks overshadowed his "gray hat" reputation. He
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Lamo's ultimate downfall wasn't due to a firewall or a complex trace, it was because of a massive leak of military data later on. He started talking to the person responsible for the leak, and instead of staying quiet, he got too involved. He ended up reporting the conversation
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Lamo became infamous in the early 2000s for demonstrating how easy it was to break into massive corporate networks. He'd carry just a laptop and a backpack, using public Wi-Fi access points to launch his attacks. His goal was often just to show companies like The New York Times
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Imagine hacking the biggest media organizations The New York Times, Microsoft, Yahoo! and not from a bunker, but from a Starbucks or a Kinkos. This is Adrian Lamo, the "Homeless Hacker." He was a gray hat legend whose operational security was literally being mobile. He broke in,
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This guy was the closest thing the digital world had to a fugitive legend in the 90s. He didn't just hack systems; he hacked people using Social Engineering. Authorities were hunting him for two and a half years. His ultimate mistake? Ego. He just couldn't resist poking the
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Hiring Alert🚨 Looking for 4 Junior Frontend Devs specializing in React, Next.js, and TypeScript. To apply join the Discord and submit your CV https://t.co/zsOqUgtWYq GM if you GM🫵
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Shimomura, now fully invested, teamed up with investigators and used cutting-edge techniques (for the 90s!) like cellular triangulation and sophisticated network tracking. The hunt lasted seven weeks, ending when they tracked Mitnick's cloned cell phone signal to an apartment in
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Mitnick was on the run and running out of challenges. In late 1994, he made the colossal mistake of attacking a guy who was already famous in the security world: Tsutomu Shimomura, a computer security expert. Mitnick didn't just steal files from Shimomura's machine; he left
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Mitnick's real genius was pretexting. He'd call up a company, sound panicked, use the right internal jargon, and convince engineers to hand over passwords or source code. He was the master of manipulation. After violating probation, he went completely dark. He was a phantom,
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This guy was the closest thing the digital world had to a fugitive legend in the 90s. He didn't just hack systems; he hacked people using Social Engineering. Authorities were hunting him for two and a half years. His ultimate mistake? Ego. He just couldn't resist poking the
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🚨HIRING ALERT Tired of outdated software holding clients back! Looking for a Product Manager to conduct research and develop proposals for clients aiming to enhance their software and gain a competitive edge. Please DM with portfolio and examples of relevant case studies.
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I’m hiring a product manager, your main responsibility will be doing research and putting proposals together for my clients to upgrade their software to outdo their competitors. Dm me with examples of case studies Gm.
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I’m hiring a product manager, your main responsibility will be doing research and putting proposals together for my clients to upgrade their software to outdo their competitors. Dm me with examples of case studies Gm.
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Once the Feds connected the dots between their informant and the massive breaches, the game was over. When they raided his place, they found $1.1 million in cash stashed in a plastic container... buried in his backyard. The money, the sheer size of the crime, and the betrayal
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Gonzalez knew every trick in the book for hiding. He knew all the government's tracking methods. But what got him? Pure, lazy greed. He logged into one of his compromised retail servers from his own home IP address. The guy running a $200 million operation got sloppy on a
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While the feds called him “Soup,” his black-hat playbook was shockingly low-tech. He and his crew weren’t chasing zero-day exploits, they were wardriving. They’d park outside stores like T.J. Maxx and Barnes & Noble, hunt for unsecured Wi-Fi, then hop onto the network and drop
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A U.S. Secret Service hacker earning $75,000 a year was secretly running the largest cybercrime operation ever recorded. He led the biggest credit card theft in history, 170 million numbers stolen, hundreds of millions lost, and global panic across banks and retailers. Meet
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It's the weekend and a new day to lock in and create seamless digital experiences. GM if you GM🫵
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Aslong as the project first has been rigged otherwise you will be removed off the leaderboard, like me. Nova jumped 300 votes to catch up with my project in a day, but no one bats an eye about that @depitchsofian
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Sofian | legends.fun
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don't miss your chance legends, the top 5 products on the leaderboard will receive a free application review by the @alliance team to strengthen their application before submission Nov 5
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GM CT Looking to hire additional ux ui designers , please dm me. I will be in the comments as well
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