# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-kaminsky
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:47:35.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-kaminsky"
name: "Dan Kaminsky"
slug: "dan-kaminsky"
description: "Daniel Kaminsky was an American computer security researcher. He was a co-founder and chief scientist of Human Security, a computer security company. He previously worked for Cisco, Avaya, and IOActive, where he was the director of penetration testing. The New York Times labeled Kaminsky an \"Internet security savior\" and \"a digital Paul Revere\"."
tagline: "American security researcher (1979–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Kaminsky_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1979-02-07"
deathDate: "2021-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.072252
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/dakami"
    handle:    "dakami"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://dankaminsky.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kaminsky"
    title: "Dan Kaminsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%89"
    title: "دان كامينسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kaminsky"
    title: "Dan Kaminsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kaminsky"
    title: "Dan Kaminsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kaminsky"
    title: "Dan Kaminsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kaminsky"
    title: "Dan Kaminsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kaminsky"
    title: "Dan Kaminsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD"
    title: "Камински, Дэн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q92673"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump