Babak Javadi

Babak Javadi is the President of the US group of The Open Organisation of Lockpickers (TOOOL) and founder of The CORE Group.

Babak is an integral part of lockpicking workshops, games, and training sessions that are seen at events such as Black Hat, DEF CON, ShmooCon, DeepSec, CONFidence, QuahogCon, HOPE, Maker Faire, and many other events worldwide.

His first foray into the world of physical security was in the third grade, where he received detention for describing to another student in words alone how to disassemble the doorknob on the classroom door. He likes spicy food and lead-free small arms ammunition.