# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-markoff
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:01:53.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-markoff"
name: "John Markoff"
slug: "john-markoff"
description: "John Gregory Markoff is a journalist best known for his work covering technology at The New York Times for 28 years until his retirement in 2016, as well as books and a series of articles about hacker Kevin Mitnick."
tagline: "American journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Markoff.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1949-10-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.034524
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/markoff"
    handle:    "markoff"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmarkoff/"
    handle:    "johnmarkoff"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0548586/"
    handle:    "nm0548586"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markoff"
sources:
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    title: "John Markoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "جون ماركوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markoff"
    title: "John Markoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markoff"
    title: "John Markoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markoff"
    title: "John Markoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markoff"
    title: "John Markoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markoff"
    title: "John Markoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markoff"
    title: "John Markoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700964"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump