{{short description|Self-confessed hacker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox person |name = Nik Cubrilovic |image = |caption = | birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |other_names = |known_for = Computer hacking |occupation = }} '''Nik Cubrilovic''' is an Australian former{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} hacker and leading internet security blogger.<ref name="fappening">{{cite news|last1=Pearl|first1=Mike|title=The 'Hacking' Involved in Stealing Celebrity Nude Photos Isn't Even Impressive|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-hacking-involved-in-stealing-celebrity-nude-photos-isnt-even-impressive-987/|access-date=29 August 2015|date=23 September 2014}}</ref> __NOTOC__
==Personal life== Nik Cubrilovic ({{langx|sr|Čubrilović}}) is an ethnic Serb.<ref>{{cite web|title=One Serb's Crusade Against his Privacy Being Invaded by Facebook|publisher=Britić|url=http://www.ebritic.com/?p=135334}}</ref>
==Work== In 2011 he successfully forced Facebook to address a privacy flaw whereby the site would continue to track your web surfing habits even when logged out.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tweny|first1=Dylan|title=Facebook tracks what you do online, even when you're logged out|url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/09/25/facebook-tracking-logged-out/|accessdate=29 August 2015|date=25 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=O. Gilbert|first1=Jason|title=Facebook Logout Tracking: Privacy Concerns Arise Over Alleged Cookie Snooping|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/26/facebook-logout-cookies-privacy-tracking_n_980838.html|accessdate=30 August 2015|date=29 September 2011}}</ref>
In May 2014 he published research into the weakness of the Australian government's my.gov.au websites illustrating a number of flaws allowing user impersonation,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Grubb|first1=Ben|title=Revealed: serious flaws in myGov site exposed millions of Australians' private information|url=http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/revealed-serious-flaws-in-mygov-site-exposed-millions-of-australians-private-information-20140514-zrczw.html|accessdate=30 August 2015|date=15 May 2014}}</ref> issues that were finally fixed in January 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Grubb|first1=Ben|title=Security bolstered on myGov website after dire warnings|url=http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/security-it/security-bolstered-on-mygov-website-after-dire-warnings-20141230-12fm2l.html|accessdate=30 August 2015|date=2 January 2015}}</ref>
In September 2014 he provided analysis into the various security vectors such as phishing, searching of public social media sites and weaknesses in Apple's iCloud software which may have been used in the 2014 celebrity photo hack<ref name="fappening" /> going on to consult for a number of other publications on the matter.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pearl|first1=Mike|title=Your Password Is Not Secure, and It's Not Your Fault|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/your-password-is-not-secure-and-its-not-your-fault-102/|access-date=30 August 2015|date=3 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Popper|first1=Ben|title=Inside the strange and seedy world where hackers trade celebrity nudes|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/4/6106363/celebgate-fappening-naked-nude-celebrities-hack-hackers-trade|accessdate=30 August 2015|date=4 September 2014}}</ref>
In November 2014 his analysis of hidden services seized in Operation Onymous cast doubt on the official figures from law enforcement about the effectiveness of the operation, claiming a 276 services not 400 were seized, and that 153 of those were scam or clone sites.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gold|first1=Steve|title=Operation Onymous - are the FBI's claims transparent enough?|url=http://www.scmagazineuk.com/operation-onymous--are-the-fbis-claims-transparent-enough/article/384146/|accessdate=29 August 2015|date=19 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cuthbertson|first1=Anthony|title=Cryptocurrency Round-Up: Onymous Dark Website Clones and Coinbase Bitcoin Tipping|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/cryptocurrency-round-onymous-dark-website-clones-coinbase-bitcoin-tipping-1475501|accessdate=30 August 2015|date=19 November 2014}}</ref>
He has provided various coverage and commentary on Tor and the Dark Web on matters such as the Silk Road trial.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Charlton|first1=Alistair|title=Alleged Silk Road kingpin Ross Ulbricht goes on trial: Everything you need to know|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/alleged-silk-road-kingpin-ross-ulbricht-goes-trial-everything-you-need-know-1481876|accessdate=29 August 2015|date=5 January 2015}}</ref>
In January 2018 he was arrested for alleged hacking GoGet, a car sharing company.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chau|first1=David|title='Self-confessed' hacker faces court over alleged theft of 33 GoGet rides|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-31/alleged-goget-hacker-arrested-after-stealing-33-free-rides/9377934|accessdate=31 January 2018|agency=ABC}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://www.nikcub.me/ nikcub.me] * {{Twitter}}
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