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Skydiving Accident Leaves Security Guru Cedric 'Sid' Blancher Dead At 37

Posted by timothy on from the regards-to-his-friends-and-family dept.

An anonymous reader points out The Register's report that Wi-Fi security expert Cédric 'Sid' Blancher has died as the result of a skydiving accident. "Among other things, the 37-year-old Blancher was a sought-after speaker on WiFi security, and in 2005 published a Python-based WiFi traffic injection tool called Wifitap. In 2006, while working for the EADS Corporate Research centre, he also put together a paper on how to exploit Skype to act as a botnet." Some of Blancher's skydiving videos are posted to Vimeo; clearly, it's something he was passionate about.

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  1. If at first you don't succeed... by Shoten · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...skydiving is not for you.

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  2. Re:look out below ! by bitt3n · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suppose a lot of people deal with tragedy through humor, but I sure wouldn't want to be a surviving family member and read some of the comments posted so far.

    Seriously, it amazes me how people can fail to understand the gravity of this kind of situation.

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  3. Re: Security 101 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They typically don't die while skydiving. It's right after they stop skydiving.

  4. Re:RIP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    CORD!

  5. friends. by capaslash · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I wonder if it will be friends with me?" - Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

  6. Re:That's a shame by FlyHelicopters · · Score: 3, Funny

    A helicopter is just a collection of 10,000 parts traveling loosely in formation! :)