Biography:Stefano Fratepietro
Stefano Fratepietro is an Italian IT Security Expert also known as "hacker buono" and is the developer of the Deft Linux Distribution.
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Born | Stefano, Domenico Fratepietro April 9, 1983 Cerignola, Italy |
Nationality | Italian |
Education | University of Bologna |
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Early life and education
Stefano Fratepietro, also known as "hacker buono", as he was called in an interview on the Italian newspaper Resto del Carlino,[1] was born in Cerignola (FG) and grew up in a lawyers family. He approached the computer world for the first time in 1989 when he discovered the Commodore 64. Since then the passion and the desire to learn more about the computer science has continued to increase day after day.
After the high-school in Cerignola, ITC Dante Alighieri – Programmer address, in 2001 he moved to the University of Bologna to study Management Informatics. He graduated in 2006 with a thesis on "Technological and legal profiles in Computer Forensics – A study on the Vierika case".
Career
In 2005 he developed the first version of DEFT Linux, a GNU/Linux Distribution live software distribution based on Ubuntu that in the following years has become one of the main distributions in Italy in the Computer Forensics and IT security fields, and it is used by the major law enforcement agencies around the world. In 2015 DEFT Linux, now in version 8.2, won the first stage of the Italian event Digital Champions[2]
From the 2012 he has started to appearing, firstly along with Paolo Dal Checco and now with Massimiliano Dal Cero, on the TV show "Le Iene" on the Italian TV channel Italia 1. During the show Fratepietro helps the announcer Matteo Viviani to inform people on how much dangerous can be the improper use of technologies.[3]
In 2012, after the victory of the "Incredibol" Award in the start-up category "Aspiranti Imprese",[4] he founded Tesla Consulting,[5] an Information Security and Digital Forensics consulting company based in Bologna that provides support for the investigation on cyber crimes. In 2013 the company was awarded with the Lamark Prize.[6] in 2019 the company was acquired by the Be Shaping the Future S.p.A. group, an Italian multinational listed on the Italian stock exchange in the STAR segment.[7]
According with the CIRSFID website[8] and the personal Linkedin profile,[9] Fratepietro start his research activity in Digital Forensics for the Faculty of Law (University of Bologna) at the end of 2005. In 2013 Fratepietro becomes professor for the Master in Digital Forensics and Cyber Defence organized by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia at the STELMILIT, the military school of Telecommunications in Chiavari (STELMILIT). From 2016 he is also professor for:
- CINEAS[10] course "Risk online engineering and management"
- the specialization course in "Privacy Officer and Cyber Security"[11] at University of Bologna
- for the specialization course in "Cyber Security and Digital Forensics" at the Cyber Academy - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.[12]
He has participated as an cyber security expert for many Italian television programs. Some of these collaborations are:
- Interview at Le Iene Italian TV Show - Recupero dati da cellulare
- Interview at Rai Radio 2 italian radio about attack to New York Times
- Interview at Le Iene Italian TV Show - Qualcuno spia nel tuo computer
- Interview at Le Iene italian Tv Show - Quando la tua intimità diventa di tutti
- Interview at Le Iene Italian TV Show - Rendiamo la vita difficile ai ladri
- Interview at Le Iene Italian TV Show - Smart working e pericoli informatici
- Interview at Omnibus italian talk show - Le nuove tecnologie industria 4.0 rubano lavoro o lo creano?
- Interview at Omnibus italian talk show - 5g sono scelte tecnologiche prima di tutto politiche
Awards and achievements
Security Consulting
- Buongiorno! Vitaminic (2005)
- Telecom-Sismi (2006)
- Illegal Slot Machine (2009)
- Isoldi's Case (2011)
- Cgil Piacenza (2012)
- Paola Landini (2013)
- TAV (2013)
- BER BANK (2013)
- Expo 2015 (2014)
- Flaw of PCT/PEC (2015)
- Aemilia
- Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. for "Volkswagen Dieselgate" (2015)
Notes
- ↑ Fratepietro, l’hacker buono che lavora per Nasa e Fbi
- ↑ DEFT Linux si aggiudica la prima tappa del Digital Championship
- ↑ Servizi per Le Iene
- ↑ Vincitori Incredibol – L'Innovazione Creativa di Bologna
- ↑ Tesla Consulting Official Site
- ↑ TESLA CONSULTING TRA I VINCITORI DEL PREMIO LAMARCK
- ↑ Be, achieving the leadership in the Cyber Security: the acquisition of Tesla Consulting
- ↑ CIRSFID website
- ↑ Linkedin profile
- ↑ Stefano Fratepietro Docente CINEAS
- ↑ Unibo - Data Protection e Privacy Officer course web page
- ↑ Docenti Corso Cyber Security
- ↑ Vincitori Incredibol – L'Innovazione Creativa di Bologna
- ↑ TESLA CONSULTING TRA I VINCITORI DEL PREMIO LAMARCK
- ↑ Il programma open source che trova i file cancellati su pc e cellulare
- ↑ DEFT Linux si aggiudica la prima tappa del Digital Championship