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Bugtraq is back
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Jonathan Brossard
4 Aug
2026
4 Aug
'26
8:42 p.m.
In 1993, Scott Chasin created Bugtraq as a place for full disclosure - a<br>mailing list where security researchers could publish vulnerabilities<br>openly, without gatekeepers, without politics. For over a decade, it was<br>the heartbeat of vulnerability research. If something mattered in<br>security, it was on Bugtraq first.
Then it went quiet.
The domain changed hands through a chain of acquisitions, and somewhere<br>along the way, Bugtraq stopped being Bugtraq. The archives went dark.<br>The list went silent. A generation of researchers grew up without it.
Today, we bring it back.
I have acquired securityfocus.com and the Bugtraq name. Not to build a<br>museum - to restart the conversation. The mission is unchanged: full<br>disclosure, researcher-first, no corporate filter.
The old archives, sourced from community copies of what was always<br>public mailing list traffic, will be preserved and made accessible<br>separately.
This list is bugtraq@securityfocus.com. Same address. Same purpose. New era.
If you find vulnerabilities, disclose them here.<br>If you have opinions on how disclosure should work in 2026, share them here.<br>If you remember what Bugtraq was - help us make it that again.
After more than thirty years of cybersecurity, we are losing our<br>history. Exploits, techniques, and in-depth analyses that shaped this<br>field are disappearing - scattered across dead links, defunct forums,<br>and servers nobody maintains. Hacker history is fading, and it matters.<br>In an age where AI can produce knowledge and disinformation at an<br>unprecedented rate, preserving what was actually true, what actually<br>worked, and who actually did the work becomes more important than ever.<br>Posting on this list means preservation for the ages. If your work is<br>worth archiving, post it here.
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