Organisation
organisation:gdi_foundation
Also: GDI
A nonprofit founded by Victor and a friend in 2016 to find and report vulnerabilities and encourage an international volunteer network.
A nonprofit founded by Victor and a friend in 2016 to find and report vulnerabilities and encourage an international volunteer network.
“They called it the GDI Foundation.”
“in 2016; him and a friend started a non-profit that was all about finding and reporting vulnerabilities.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | DEVELOPED_BY | Victor | Explicit | 88 |
| outgoing | USES | Coordinated vulnerability disclosure | Explicit | 88 |
| outgoing | USES | Internet-wide vulnerability scanning | Derived | 88 |
| outgoing | USES | default credentials | Explicit | 88 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Victor | Derived | 88 |
| incoming | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure | Explicit | 88 |
GDI Foundation DEVELOPED_BY Victor
Victor and a friend started the GDI Foundation in 2016.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“him and a friend started a non-profit that was all about finding and reporting vulnerabilities. They called it the GDI Foundation”
Victor MEMBER_OF GDI Foundation
Victor is one of the people who started and worked for the GDI Foundation.
Derived Confidence 88% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“Victor and his friends went all-in that year.”
GDI Foundation USES Coordinated vulnerability disclosure
The GDI Foundation filed coordinated vulnerability disclosures on security issues.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“the foundation has filed coordinated vulnerability disclosures on over a million security issues”
GDI Foundation USES Internet-wide vulnerability scanning
GDI continuously checks internet-exposed databases to identify whether they have been patched or compromised.
Derived Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“GDI adds the database to a script that’s constantly running. It checks up on the database every so often”
GDI Foundation USES default credentials
GDI's vulnerability work included finding internet-exposed databases with default credentials.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“databases just left open with default credentials”
Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure ASSOCIATED_WITH GDI Foundation
DIVD is described as being similar to GDI, though it is run by Dutch researchers.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 88 Details
“DIVD is a lot like GDI but it’s ran by Dutch researchers”