Hacker Conversations: Inti De Ceukelaire, Raging Against the Machine Creatively

A Belgian national, De Ceukelaire’ did not set out to be a hacker. Like many hackers he was born with the potential to become one and only gradually realized he is one.

Inti De Ceukelaire is chief hacking officer at the Intigriti bug bounty platform, where he has been for the last seven years. But he has been a hacker for much longer.

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Inti De Ceukelaire, a Belgian national, did not set out to be a hacker. Like many hackers he was born with the potential to become one and only gradually realized he is one. There is a slight twist to his motivation. Many hackers say they are driven by an insatiable curiosity to understand how something works, and a deep desire to see if they can make it work better.

De Ceukelaire’s starting point was slightly different: he couldn’t accept that this something wouldn’t ...