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- Defense One 30 Oct 2020
How Ethical Hacking Can Make DOD’s Weapon Systems More Secure
The 2019 F-15 test, a year later: crowdsourced pentesting as the way to harden weapons before conflict.
- Military.com 16 Aug 2019
Hackers Find Serious Vulnerabilities in an F-15 Fighter Jet System
Air Force confirms the TADS work — the box off the jet, not a flying F-15. The findings still count.
- Newsweek 15 Aug 2019
Ethical Hackers Sabotage F-15 Fighter Jet, Expose Serious Vulnerabilities
The same Las Vegas range. Synack, Hack the Pentagon, and bugs that could shut the TADS down.
- Washington Post 14 Aug 2019
Hackers just found serious vulnerabilities in a U.S. military fighter jet
Synack’s live Hack the Pentagon team at DEF CON. First physical access to an F-15 TADS on the range.
- 2019
Hack the Pentagon
Synack live event in Las Vegas. Same program, different city.
- 2018
Hack the Pentagon
Synack live event at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. — the building, not the nickname. Department of Defense bug bounty, on the grounds.
- 2018
GIAC Security Expert · GSE #204
One of roughly 300 GSEs worldwide. GIAC’s most demanding credential. Renewed through 2030.
- 2016–2018
CCDC Midwest Red Team
Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The unfriendly side of the wire.
- WGEL 5 Aug 2015
Eric Kelly Wins US Cyber Challenge Competition
Illinois Cyber Elite CTF at Moraine Valley. Four-person team, first place, a thousand-dollar scholarship.
- 2015
US Cyber Challenge CTF
Capture-the-flag winner. Early proof that the technical details were the point.
- 2015
Hack the Arch CTF
Team lead. A Midwestern classic, run the way a CTF should be run.
- Chicago Tribune 3 Mar 2014
Illinois hacking competition draws cybersecurity sleuths of tomorrow
Quoted by name after Cyber Aces at Moraine Valley. Iraq veteran. “I’m ready for my education. This is what I want to do.”
