Michal Bucko

Michal Bucko (born 24th November 1984) is a savant, an entrepreneur, former hacker from Poland. Master of Science in Teleinformatics from Warsaw University of Technology in 2008.
He was finalist of Physics Olympiad, excelling in mathematics. At the end of elementary school,he suffered from cerebral hemorrhage, but three weeks time he recovered to full health and no brain failures have been diagnosed. He has been one of best students in elementary schools, secondary school and given highest scholarship from Warsaw University of Technology. By the second year of studies, he finally turned to self-learning and decided not to attend lectures at WUT. He was considered savant genius while his studies at Warsaw University of Technology and asked to join one of major IT companies, but further information was not disclosed.
Michal co-founded Eleytt, company specialized in IT security. He has coordinated highly innovative projects in teleinformatics. Together with Marcin Kolodziej, PhD in Electrical Engineering, he coordinated Brain-computer_interface project in Poland. He also managed aiella, 3D virtual community. He was a co-founder of minds.pl, one of the biggest science-related web sites in Poland. Michal was one of the founders and supporters of hack.pl - the biggest IT security community in Poland.
As a hacker, he has disclosed software vulnerabilities and provided consulting in penetration testing. Michal is a member of EvilFingers. In his hacker time, he also used to write articles for Hakin9 magazine. Michal gave consulting for TV (e.g. "Misja specjalna") or the press (e.g. "Gazeta Prawna").
He also authored papers in philosophy, e.g. "Illusory exploitation - Dialog with Nicola Tesla".
Notable security input
[http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/198908 US-CERT, Vulnerability Note #198908]
[http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/854856 US-CERT, Vulnerability Note #854856]
Multiple OpenSER SIP Router vulnerabilities
"Short review of modern vulnerability research"

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