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Darknet Diaries · Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Former Hacker Ricky Plans to Launch Pentesting Firm with Fellow Ex-Criminal

Ricky announced that he is teaming up with fellow former SIM-swapper Joseph Harris to build a penetration testing company. The pair plan to launch the business to help companies secure their systems against the types of social engineering attacks they once executed.

personRicky HandschumacherpersonJoseph HarrispersonJack Rhysider

The tape

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“So, he’s trying to do that now. He’s trying to build a pen testing company with another former SIM-swapper named Joseph Harris, one of the people Ricky met in the hacker forums. They're hoping to get this company up and running next year.”
JACK
Heard on Darknet Diaries — “181: Ricky”, published Tuesday, October 20, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Former Hacker Ricky Plans to Launch Pentesting Firm with Fellow Ex-Criminal — Heardvine