Felix "fx" Lindner has died

I met FX many years ago during a Black Hat event. At the time, I was working on a class of vulnerabilities related to zip archives. Not only did he know exactly what I was on to, but he was able to articulate the actual issue and explain what was happening behind the scenes and why my exploit was working.

A true legend.

Re: Felix "fx" Lindner has died

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Post by nbk_2000 » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC

It's been a long time, but I've always cherished our late night conversations at the Alexis Park. Truly a great hacker. RIP my friend

Re: Felix "fx" Lindner has died

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Post by BoredPositron » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 6:05 PM UTC

World got a little darker today. Rip my friend.

Re: Felix "fx" Lindner has died

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Post by hcbdbdrb » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 6:07 PM UTC

While he was a dividing personality with strong opinions, he had his heart in the right place

RIP

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Post by ephou7 » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 6:30 PM UTC

He was a good hacker but also a HUGE, arrogant jerk who treated a lot of people quite badly.

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Post by alexcos » Mon, Mar 02, 2026, 6:31 PM UTC

BoredPositron wrote: post #7

World got a little darker today. Rip my friend.

Reminds me of the Pirates of the Caribbean quote: "The world used to be a bigger place." "The world's still the same. There's just... less in it."