TinKode

Răzvan Manole Cernăianu (born 7 February 1992), nicknamed "TinKode", is a Romanian computer security consultant and hacker, known for gaining unauthorized access to computer systems of many different organizations, and posting proof of his exploits online. He commonly hacks high-profile websites that have SQL injection vulnerabilities, although unknown methods were used in his most recent attacks. Other aliases included sysgh0st.

Personal life TinKode is Romanian and claims to have been born in 1992 in the southern part of the country. and powerful brands with widespread influence, either for the online community or a particular marketplace. His attacks often involve the numeral seven. Tinkode was a fan of social networks, owning both a Twitter account, a Facebook account, as well as many blogs.

Alleged hacking

The Royal Navy's website was temporarily unavailable after TinKode claimed to have hacked it.

Other info

He also claims to have found vulnerabilities in organizations including Sun Microsystems, MySQL, Kaspersky Portugal, the US Army, YouTube, Google, Other websites. TinKode has never been publicly criticized by the security experts, mainly because he didn't disclose full information regarding breached websites. He actually informed the webmasters before posting his results online, giving them time to fix the vulnerability. TinKode also received a Google Security Reward.

Petition and support Following his arrest, a petition was generated to raise support for Tinkode on Wednesday, 8 February 2012. The petition was aimed at DIICOT and the FBI to give Tinkode a reasonable and fair sentence claiming that the hacker wasn't malicious and was hacking out of curiosity. Further he was released after 3 months.