Ata Hakcil
Cofounder, Management Board Member, Shareholder, Beneficial Owner at Webselenese
Ankara, Türkiye Turkey
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Top SchoolAta Hakcil is a software and computer engineer with a decade of experience building and securing systems, currently serving as Cofounder and board member of Abscondita while leading ML efforts at Cassiel.ai and consulting on cybersecurity for ExpressVPN. He blends hands-on development, security research, and competitive coding roots—having moved from early programming contests to active CTF participation and vulnerability research. His background includes driving security and strategic tech initiatives at Webselenese, R&D leadership at Viper Technologies, and academic research at Middle East Technical University where he is completing a master's in Computer Engineering. Known on GitHub as an "ML Researcher & Vulnerability Necromancer," he brings a curiosity-driven approach to uncovering subtle flaws and resurrecting overlooked vulnerabilities into actionable insights. Based in Ankara, he pairs entrepreneurial leadership with technical depth across ML, security, and devops, often operating at the intersection of research and product.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
ODTÜ Geliştirme Vakfı OkullarıMaster's degree, Computer Engineering, Master's degree, Computer Engineering at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
English, Turkish, French, Spanish
Github Skills (120)
clientside10
windows10
cracking10
recovery10
internet10
password-recovery10
opencl10
javascript10
gpgpu10
infosec10
github-desktop10
blueteam10
html10
js10
credentials10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ignis-sec/github-year-draw
Oct 2018 - Jul 2020
draw a grayscale bmp to your github yearly activity
Contributions:17 commits, 1 PR, 13 pushes in 1 year 9 months
drawyearlybmpgrayscale
ignis-sec/Pwdb-Public
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
A collection of all the data i could extract from 1 billion leaked credentials from internet.
Contributions:14 commits, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 8 days
passwordssecuritycryptanalysisinfosecpassword
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