Jeff Moss (hacker) Jeff Moss (hacker) Jeff Moss, also known as Dark Tangent, (born January 1, 1975) is an American hacker, computer and internet security expert who founded the Black Hat and DEF CON computer security conferences. Jeff received his first computer at the age of 10. He became fascinated because he wasn't old enough to drive a car or vote, but he could engage in adult conversation with people all over the country. Moss graduated from Gonzaga University with a BA in Criminal Justice. He worked for Ernst & Young, LLP in their Information System Security division and was a director at
Hacker Manifesto we were doing it. The article is quoted several times in the 1995 movie "Hackers", although in the movie it is being read from an issue of the hacker magazine "2600", not the historically accurate "Phrack". The Mentor gave a reading of "The Hacker Manifesto" and offered additional insight at H2K2. It is also an item in the game "Culpa Innata". Hacker Manifesto The Conscience of a Hacker (also known as The Hacker Manifesto) is a small essay written January 8, 1986 by a computer security hacker who went by the handle (or pseudonym) of The Mentor (born Loyd Blankenship),