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Dan Kaminsky Height, Weight, Net Worth, Age, Birthday, Wikipedia, Who, Nationality, Biography

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Olivia House

Published Jan 23, 2026

Dan Kaminsky was a gifted and well known American Security Researcher who acquired distinction for his work on finding urgent DNS Security Flaws, Sony Rootkit contaminations, and famous discussions at Black Hat Briefing.

Dan was born in 1979, the specific insights concerning his birthday have not been imparted to the media yet. He hails from the United States of America. The insights concerning his folks and kin have not been imparted to the media yet.

Dan Kaminsky Biography

Real NameDan Kaminsky
Birth Date1979
Death23 April 2021
Age43 Years
Birth PlaceU.S.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComputer security Researcher
ReligionChristianity
Sun signNot Known

Physical Statistics

Heightin feet inches – 5’ 10” – in Centimetres – 178 cm Approx.
Weightin Kilograms – 74 kg  –  in Pounds –  165 lbs
Hair ColorDark Brown
Eye ColorDark Brown
Body TypeAverage

Family

FatherNot Known
MotherNot Known
SisterNot Known
BrotherNot Known

Qualification/Education

SchoolNot Known
CollegeSanta Clara University

Relationship Status

Marital StatusSingle
AffairNo
Twitter@dakami

Dan is a secondary school graduate however the subtleties have not been imparted to the media. For his higher and further studies, he went to Santa Clara University. He graduated in 2002 and acquired a degree in Operations and Management of Information Services.

After his schooling, he started his vocation by utilizing reasonable information and found principal imperfections in Domain Name System Protocol. In 2003 he began functioning as a Senior Security Consultant at Avaya for a very long time. Indeed, he functioned as Director of Penetration Testing at IOActive in 2005 too.

In March 2010 he was the originator of Recursion Venture. Later in July 2012 he functioned as Chief researcher and prime supporter of White Ops and is working for over 8 years. Alongside that, he has additionally spent his profession prompting Fortune 500 organizations like Cisco, Avaya, and Microsoft.

On 24th April 2021, the press affirmed his demise. As per sources, he didn’t die of the continuous Covid-19 pandemic however he confronted difficulties because of Diabetic Ketoacidosis. The information on his demise came out through a tweet from Marc Rogers, a security analyst, and a BBC Contributor.

The insights concerning his own life have not been imparted to the media yet. He has additionally not shared his previous relationship subtleties with the media. His spotlight has consistently been on his work and furthermore invests quality energy with his family.

Dan procured a ton by working in network safety research alongside that he has worked with different firms and has likewise settled his own firm. He additionally filled in as a profession counselor for different digital organizations. As per sources his total assets has been assessed at around $2 million. His different types of revenue were from sponsorship and by going to occasions.

On sixteenth June 2010, he was named by ICANN as one of the Trusted Community Representatives for DNSSEC Root.

In June 2010 he delivered Interpolique which is a Beta structure for tending to infusions assault.

He showed that Sony Rootkit had contaminated no less than 568,000 PCs.

He went through three years chipping away at Microsoft Vista, Server 2008, and Windows 7 deliveries.

As of late he was zeroing in on fostering a framework to diminish the expense and intricacy of getting basic foundation.

He was likewise the originator of HUMAN situated in New York which is a network safety organization that shields ventures from bot assaults to keep advanced experience human.