744 registered people with MySpace profiles and led to the arrest of one, Andrew Lubrano. In June 2010, Poulsen broke the initial story of the arrest of U.S. service member Chelsea Manning and published the logs of Manning's chats with Adrian Lamo regarding WikiLeaks. In June 2019, Poulsen was accused of doxing Shawn Brooks, a 34-year-old Trump supporter living in The Bronx, when Poulsen revealed his identity in an article published in The Daily Beast on June 1, 2019 for being the alleged creator and disseminator of a fake video, which showed Nancy Pelosi speaking in a slurred manner. SecureDrop Poulsen, Aaron Swartz, and James Dolan designed and developed SecureDrop, an open-source software platform for secure communication between journalists and sources. It was originally developed under the name DeadDrop. After Swartz's death Poulsen launched the first instance of the platform at The New Yorker, on 15 May 2013. Poulsen later turned over development of SecureDrop to the Freedom of the Press Foundation, and joined the foundation's technical advisory board. Personal life Kevin Poulsen lives in San Francisco with his wife and two children. Awards 2011 Webby Award (International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences), Law category, for Threat Level 2011 Webby Award (International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences), People's Voice award, Law category, for Threat Level 2010 SANS Top Cyber Security Journalists (SANS Institute) 2010, MIN Best of the Web (Magazine Industry Newsletter), Best Blog, for Threat Level 2009, MIN Digital Hall of Fame (Magazine Industry Newsletter) Inductee 2008, Knight-Batten Award for Innovation in Journalism (J-Lab) Grand Prize 2007, Knight-batten Award for Innovation in Journalism (J-Lab) Grand Prize Books See also DEF CON Kevin Mitnick List of computer criminals The Secret History of Hacking, a 2001 documentary film featuring Kevin Mitnick References Further reading Jonathan Littman, The Watchman: The Twisted Life and Crimes of Serial Hacker Kevin Poulsen, 1997, publisher: Little, Brown. External links KevinPoulsen.com; Poulsen's personal website Threat Level (former 27BStroke6) Blog by Kevin Poulsen and Ryan Singel 1965 births American computer criminals American male journalists American money launderers American technology writers Journalists from California Living people People from Pasadena, California Webby Award winners