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Matt Goerzen is a PhD student studying the History of Science at Harvard University. 

He is interested in the history of computer security, with an emphasis on the ways hackers and other outsiders have influenced security policy and practices. His dissertation will explore the historical development of “vulnerabilities”—as both epistemological and practical objects of attention—in computational processes. Before pursuing his PhD, he worked as an artist and researcher, documenting hidden affordances and novel types of vulnerability in emerging sociotechnical systems. As a Berkman Klein Center fellow, he aims to produce a series of oral histories.


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New Docuseries Spotlights Hackers Who Shaped Cybersecurity

Biella Coleman and Matt Goerzen are among the collaborators on an upcoming interview series documenting the "rich cultural history of the hacking scene" and its influence on…

Jan 8, 2025

Events

Dec 14, 2021 @ 12:00 PM

Security by Spectacle: The Invention of Gray Hat Hacking & The Fight Against Microsoft in the 1990s

To reflect on contemporary battles and conundrums over socio-technical vulnerability and security, this talk will cover how former underground hackers—some of whom had broken the…