Members

President

Sofia Yakushi

@yakushiiiii.

3rd year Computer Science undergraduate student. Interested in web security, cryptography, and network security

Vice President

Morris Richman

@mcrich

Undergraduate in Computer Science and often called an Apple fanboy. Interested in network and application security. Often finds 0-days and config issues when its least convenient for everyone else.

Graduate Advisor

Peter Dobbins

@sixteen4

Computer Science and Engineering graduate studen who is passionate about programming, software security, cryptography, system and network infrastructure, and game development.

Graduate Advisor & Founder

Nancy Lau

@rose

President emeritus '22-24. CSE graduate student, interested in hardware security and AI.

Graduate Advisor & Founder

Ex Taranenko

@fbad

President emeritus '24-26. Vice President '22-24. Focused on computer networking and security. Interested in vulnerability analysis, reverse engineering, and cybersecurity education.

Founding Faculty Advisor

Alvaro A. Cardenas

@chibchachum

Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Focused on security and privacy of cyber-physical systems, autonomous vehicles, drones, critical infrastructure, and AI security.

Student Education

Ian Phan

@heythatsillegal

Current Human Computer Interaction student, interested in applied cognitive psych, education and learning technologies, human factors engineering, and social engineering. Busy teaching new hackers at the moment!!

Operations

Sean Weber

@cosdet

Comp Sci & Math student interested in security competitions, embedded security, and operating system design.

Head of Infrastructure

Nate Jarrett

@ndawg

Computer engineering student interested in cyber-physical, network, and embedded computer security.

Head of Offensive Security

Alex Coble

@260k

Computer Science major, interested in offensive security and cryptography. am9pbnNsdWdzZWMh=

Operations

Korben Tompkin

@korbexmachina

Computer science & mathematics. Interested in cryptography, distributed systems, and embedded systems.

Operations

Alex Hu

@anonymousrand

CS/math student, casual CTF enjoyer, ok at cryptography, professional hobby collector. is occasionally smart

External Outreach

Dominick Rangel

@1229.

Applied Math & Cog Sci 4th year interested in applied cryptography and ECC

External Outreach

David Mlynski

@skynet2030

Led the club's certificate program. Interested in web security and Artificial Intelligence. UCSC '26.

External Outreach

Julia Barbera

@fish

Electrical Engineering undergrad... Embedded development and hardware security fan. I use arch btw

Vice President & Head of Infra

Jaden P. Maxwell-Comfort

@maxwell

Cybersecurity Researcher and Programmer. Main focuses include malware analysis, incident response, and Emacs. UCSC '25.

Operations

Dmitry Pleshkov

@dankdmitron

doing supercomputing infra at X. UCSC '24.

Outreach

Rudy Chavez

@rudy.chavez

Interested in social engineering and cryptography, former officer '24.

Operations & Head of Infra

Brian Mak

@asian.eggroll

Interested in cybersecurity and systems programming, with a proven track record in numerous cybersecurity competitions. Led the '23 & '24 UCSC eCTF team. UCSC '24.

Operations

Jeffrey Zhang

@ferns.1115

not fish. UCSC '23.

Finance

Jackson Kohls

@jdkohls

Math/Econ double major who fell into the joys of cybersecurity and CTFs. UCSC '23.