Andy Müller-Maguhn
Andy Müller-Maguhn | |
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![]() Müller-Maguhn at the May 22, 2009 SIGINT conference | |
Born | 3 October 1971 |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Hacker |
Known for | Former spokesman of the Chaos Computer Club |
Andy Müller-Maguhn (born 3 October 1971) is a member of the
In an election in Autumn 2000, he was voted in as an at-large director of ICANN, which made him jointly responsible with 18 other directors for the worldwide development of guidelines and the decision of structural questions for the Internet structure.[3][non-primary source needed]
In 1995, Müller-Maguhn founded the "Datenreisebüro" ('Data Travel Agency'), based in a Berlin office since 2002.[4][non-primary source needed]
In 2005 and 2006, Müller-Maguhn was involved on the side of the parents of the deceased hacker
As of 2018, Müller-Maguhn runs a data center, does advocacy, and security consulting for companies and governments. His work has taken him around the world, including Moscow, where he attended a security conference organized by the Russian Ministry of Defence in 2016 and 2017, London and Brazil.[6]
Relationship with Julian Assange and WikiLeaks
In 2011, Müller-Maguhn was criticized for his role in the CCC board's controversial decision to expel former WikiLeaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg, which was often attributed to Müller-Maguhn's close relation to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and an ongoing conflict between Assange and Domscheit-Berg.[7] At a general meeting in February 2012, this decision was reverted, while Müller-Maguhn was not reelected to the board.[1]
In 2011, Müller-Maguhn's company Bugged Planet worked with WikiLeaks on the Spy Files release. Forbes suggested that Müller-Maguhn and Bugged Planet might be WikiLeaks' source for the Spy Files.[8]
The Mueller Report inferred that Müller-Maguhn may have assisted with transferring the DNC emails or the Podesta emails to WikiLeaks.[9] In 2016, he delivered a USB to Assange, which he said contained personal messages for Assange, who had stopped using email.[6] In July 2016, on the same day "Guccifer 2.0" sent Wikileaks encrypted files, Müller-Maguhn and Wau Holland board member Bernd Fix met with Assange for over four hours.[10] According to The Washington Post, a former WikiLeaks associate said that, in 2016, Müller-Maguhn and a colleague oversaw submissions to WikiLeaks server. Müller-Maguhn said he did not oversee submissions.[6]
Müller-Maguhn was an alleged target of UC Global's surveillance of Julian Assange in the Embassy.[2][9][11]
Müller-Maguhn is Vice President for the Wau Holland Foundation[2] and a member of the Advisory Board for the Courage Foundation.[12]
He appeared with Julian Assange on Episode 8 and 9 of The World Tomorrow, "Cypherpunks: 1/2".[13]
He is a contributor to Julian Assange's 2012 book Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet along with Jacob Appelbaum and Jérémie Zimmermann.
References
- ^ a b "Stühlerücken beim CCC: Müller-Maguhn nicht mehr im Vorstand". Computerwoche (in German). 2012-01-20. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ a b c "Spanish court to question witnesses over 'illegal surveillance' of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange". ComputerWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "Andy Mueller-Maguhn - ICANN". www.icann.org. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "Datenreisen - Arbyte". 2010-10-28.
- ^ "Suing Wikipedia: How a Dead Hacker Shut Down Wikipedia Germany". Der Spiegel. 2006-01-20. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- die tageszeitung(in German). Retrieved 2012-11-28.
- ^ Greenberg, Andy. "WikiLeaks Unveils 160 Firms' Surveillance Gear Sales Docs, Still No Submissions System". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
- ^ a b Marshall Cohen, Kay Guerrero and Arturo Torres. "Exclusive: Security reports reveal how Assange turned an embassy into a command post for election meddling". CNN. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Cohen, Marshall; Guerrero, Kay; Torres, Arturo (July 15, 2019). "Exclusive: Security reports reveal how Assange turned an embassy into a command post for election meddling". CNN. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
- ^ "David Morales: "No trabajo para la CIA"". CNN (in Spanish). 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ "Advisory Board | Courage Foundation". Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ Anne Sewell (2012-06-05). "Assange 'The World Tomorrow' — Ep 8: Cypherpunks Part 1". DigitalJournal.com.
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