Ethical Hacker, Cyber Security Expert, Public Speaker, Consultant
Ralph (Rafael) Echemendia is a cyber security specialist, who is known as "The Ethical Hacker."[1] He specialises in protecting intellectual property in the entertainment industry and educating on security.[2]
Early life
Echemendia was born in Cuba and raised in the US where he attended Miami Senior High.[3] His first computer was a Commodore 64.[4] He began hacking with it at the age of 14.[5]
Entertainment industry
Echemendia began working in entertainment via investigating the early online leak of an Eminem album.[5]
In 2011, Echemendia was the lead technical investigator on the breach of security that led to The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 leaking. He worked to identify the person responsible for leaking behind the scenes pictures and videos of the film, almost a year before the movie’s release.[6][7]
In 2015, Echemendia worked with Stone on Snowden, providing technical supervision.[8] He supported the actors by explaining the background to the technical terms in the script.[9] Echemendia and screenwriter Kieran Fitzgerald also worked with Edward Snowden to replicate the actual NSA log-in screen.[10]
In 2016, Echemendia became the hacking consultant to directors and producers of Nerve.[11]
