Innocent Lives Foundation
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| Abbreviation | ILF |
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| Formation | 2017 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Foundation |
| Purpose | Identify anonymous child predators to help bring them to justice. |
Region served | Global |
Official language | English |
Founders | Christopher J. Hadnagy |
Chief Operating Officer | Shane McCombs |
Main organ | Board of directors |
| Website | https://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/ |
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The Innocent Lives Foundation, also known as ILF, is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to finding the true identities of anonymous child predators using open-source intelligence, compiling conclusive reports, and handing the reports over to various types of law enforcement to help bring predators to justice.[1] ILF also works to combat child sexual abuse material by educating parents and guardians on ways to talk to their children about their online activity.[2] The Innocent Lives Foundation was founded by Christopher J. Hadnagy in 2017.[3][failed verification][4] A. J. Cook is an ambassador for the foundation.[5]
History
[edit | edit source]At DEF CON 25 in 2017, Christopher J. Hadnagy announced the creation of the Innocent Lives Foundation.[6] Hadnagy's company Social-Engineer, LLC was involved in a social engineering engagement for a company when his team uncovered Tor traffic from one of the company's employees computers being used to trade child sexual abuse material on the dark web.[7][failed verification]
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