Joseph Thacker
Founder at rez0corp
Greater Lexington Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Thacker is a founder, full-time bug bounty hunter, and security researcher with nine years of experience specializing in application and AI security. He has helped Fortune 500 companies remediate vulnerabilities that could have led to major financial or reputational losses and has submitted or collaborated on over 1,000 disclosures across platforms like HackerOne and Bugcrowd. At rez0corp he combines hands-on offensive testing, AI security assessments, and bespoke AI product development to help organizations harden complex systems. His background spans enterprise security roles and software engineering, giving him a practical edge in finding recurring developer mistakes before attackers do. An experienced podcast host and advisor, he translates technical findings into actionable guidance for engineering and leadership teams.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at University of KentuckyMaster's degree Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Master's degree Cybersecurity and Information Assurance at Western Governors University
English, Haitian Creole
Github Skills (124)
penetration-testing10
shodan10
security10
elasticsearch10
visualizations10
splunk10
ai10
methodology10
observability10
elastic10
rule10
kibana10
passwords10
jekyll10
jekyll-theme10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
jthack/hydeout
Nov 2018 - Apr 2025
A refreshed version of Hyde for Jekyll 3.x
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 490 pushes in 6 years 5 months
jekylljekyll-themehyde
jthack/ffuf_presentation
Mar 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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