Pete Simpson, ThreatLab manager at security company Clearswift, said he is very surprised to see Phrack disappear. He added that a world without the journal is actually less secure.
"Phrack's visibility was a blessing in disguise, pretty much in the same way as the Full Disclosure community," Simpson said, referring to the unmoderated Full Disclosure forum for disclosure of security information.
The 63rd and final edition of Phrack will come out as a hardback collectors copy and will be available to attendees at the DefCon conference in Las Vegas between July 29 and 31, as well as at the What The Hack conference in the Netherlands from July 28 to 31.
