There have been great women in malware writing and the VX scene: First and foremost: Gigabyte, she was a pioneer for many other women to get into VX. She was my best friend for many years, I owe so much of my VX years and introduction into cyber security because of her. She was always and inspiration and a huge reason why I encourage women to get into cyber. She went to jail for virus writing and never ratted any of us out. Also a very and capitol Fuck you Graham Cluely for being an asshole to a teenage girl and personally making sure she went to jail because you were offended by her viruses (she made fun of him after he said girls should not be writing viruses and should be doing girly things). She wrote a ton of HLL (high level language) viruses like Sharp, Parrot, Scrambler, And My favorite, Scooter (it was an inside joke for me and her). She recent got married and I wish her nothing but the best in life. There was Nex: she was a virus author originally from Arizona who specialized in macro viruses, she wrote one of the first viruses to bypass office 97 SP1 which was made to protect against macro viruses. She got in a car accident and was hit by a police officer with no lights and no siren on and lost her ability to walk. After she sued the hell out of the police department she got out of VXing. She's currently living back in Arizona and no longer in the scene. VxFaerie was another women in VX who was well respected. She wrote one of the first python infectors ever. She was very nice and was always kind to people in the scene. And we have modern day women who are studying viruses and should be respected just as much as the old VXers like @nikaroxanne - she is doing legit work that would have made heralded in the scene. Women in VX was always a thing, a few others I know never revealed they were women because of how they were feared they would be treated. If they are still around, I hope they see this and know their work was equal. Most of the VX scene never cared at all about this, we only cared that you put up or shut up. And put the fuck up they did. #respect https://bird.makeup/@vxunderground/1902193800291709357
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