Michael Bazzell

Michael Bazzell investigated computer crimes on behalf of the government for over 20 years. As a side-hustle, he self-published sixteen books since 2012. After leaving government work, he served as the technical advisor for the first season of the television hacker drama Mr. Robot. His books Open Source Intelligence Techniques and Extreme Privacy have become mandatory training manuals for intelligence gathering and privacy hardening within both government and private sector communities. Both...See more

Michael Bazzell investigated computer crimes on behalf of the government for over 20 years. As a side-hustle, he self-published sixteen books since 2012. After leaving government work, he served as the technical advisor for the first season of the television hacker drama Mr. Robot. His books Open Source Intelligence Techniques and Extreme Privacy have become mandatory training manuals for intelligence gathering and privacy hardening within both government and private sector communities. Both titles continue to sell thousands of copies annually. He now hosts the weekly Privacy, Security, and OSINT Show, and assists individual clients in achieving ultimate privacy, both proactively and as a response to an undesired situation. See less