Hacker Handle Bounty

Summary: Trail of Bits is launching a bounty that asks hackers to retire their handles by rejecting them in the comments of its blog post, with an Italian dinner before the next Empire Hacking event as the prize. Participants earn points by posting old tweets that turned out to be wrong and by referring friends, and after three months without handle use they receive a black hat challenge coin, while adopting a new handle later incurs a fine tied to accrued points and the handle's severity.
Bottom line: The post cites Google's Project Zero finding that handles are dangerous when leaked, and quotes Alexander Sotirov saying he retired his in 2006 and felt free of an identity that no longer fit - a reminder that the pseudonyms security staff carry can out them when a leak lands.

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