Bugtraq Is Back
The historic cybersecurity mailing list Bugtraq has been acquired and relaunched to restore its original mission of open, gatekeeper-free vulnerability disclosure. The new owner aims to preserve cybersecurity history while providing a platform for modern security research.
Why it matters
The revival of a foundational security forum highlights the ongoing tension between corporate-controlled security disclosure and the community-driven 'full disclosure' ethos.
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In 1993, Scott Chasin created Bugtraq as a place for full disclosure - a mailing list where security researchers could publish vulnerabilities openly, without gatekeepers, without politics. For over a decade, it was the heartbeat of vulnerability research. If something mattered in security, it was on Bugtraq first.
The domain changed hands through a chain of acquisitions, and somewhere along the way, Bugtraq stopped being Bugtraq. The archives went dark. The list went silent. A generation of researchers grew up without it.
I have acquired securityfocus.com and the Bugtraq name. Not to build a museum - to restart the conversation. The mission is unchanged: full disclosure, researcher-first, no corporate filter.
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