Tõnu Samuel (born 3 July 1972)
[ is an ]Estonia
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n hacker
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commonly cited by mainstream media in topics regarding network security.
Samuel was born in Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...
. Between 1979 and 1988, he attended the Tallinn Secondary School of Science. In 1990–1992 he took courses in business
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and financial management. His career as a programmer began in 1991, while working at the Estonian Ministry of Communication.Japan
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, before that he lived about 10 years in Räpina
Räpina (, ) is a town in Põlva County, Estonia. Räpina was administrative centre of Räpina raion from 1950 until 1961, currently it is the administrative centre of Räpina Parish. The oldest commercial enterprise in Räpina is a paper fac ...
in southeastern Estonia.
References
* http://www.ohtuleht.ee/112959
* http://www.reporter.ee/2009/05/22/hakker-tonu-samuel-kondas-keskerakonna-kodukal/
* http://www.tartupostimees.ee/94096/arvutiguru-tonu-samuel-alustas-kohtuteed-vaidetavate-ahvardajate-suhtes/
* http://www.e24.ee/492760/tonu-samuel-elion-peaks-andma-sisulisemat-infot/
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1972 births
Living people
People from Tallinn
Estonian computer programmers
Hackers
Estonian expatriates in Japan
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