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IRL Name: 
Nicholas Allegra
Biography: 

Nicholas Allegra (Comex) has cracked open the iOS security on three different occasions. He created the simple-to-use Apple iOS jailbreaking program JailbreakMe in 2007 which allows millions of users to strip away in seconds the ultra-strict security measures Apple has placed on its iPhones and iPads, devices that account for more than half the company’s $100 billion in revenues.

Facts

According to Dino Dai Zovi, co-author of the Mac Hacker’s Handbook, JailbreakMe can be compared to Stuxnet, a worm tasked with infecting Iran’s nuclear facilities.

He was hired by Apple as an intern.

Dai Zovi also compares Allegra’s skills to the state-sponsored intruders targeting corporations and governments.

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References

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Hires-Jailbreak-Artist-Comex-218837...

http://www.onlinedegrees.org/the-10-most-infamous-student-hackers-of-all...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2011/08/01/meet-comex-the-ipho...