W00w00 Explained

w00w00 (pronounced whoo-whoo) was a computer security think tank founded in 1996 and active until the early 2000s.^{[1] [2]} Although this group was not well known outside Information security circles, its participants have spawned more than a dozen IT companies, including WhatsApp and Napster.^{[3] [4]}

Participants

The group at one point included over 30 active participants and spanned 12 countries on five continents.^[5]

The following is a list of some of w00w00's participants:

Notable companies

A number of well known companies have been established by its participants.^{[6] [4]}

• Arbor Networks
• Napster
• nmap
• WhatsApp

External links

• Web site: w00w00 website. https://web.archive.org/web/20201222012204/http://www.w00w00.org/. 2020-12-22.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Inside The Billion-Dollar Hacker Club . . 2014-03-02 . 2014-03-03.
2. Web site: Interview with Matt Conover (Shok), w00w00 Hacker . Help Net Security . 2014-03-06.
3. Web site: Elite security posse fostered founders of WhatsApp, Napster . . 2014-03-07 . 2014-03-07.
4. Web site: The Rags-To-Riches Tale Of How Jan Koum Built WhatsApp Into Facebook's New $19 Billion Baby. 2014-02-19. Forbes. 2014-03-02.
5. Web site: Manden der fik os til at tro, at musik skulle være gratis . Politiken . 2009-03-15 . 2014-03-06.
6. Web site: A file-trading ship of fools . . 2003-04-22 . 2014-03-08.