Brandon Nozaki-Miller, also known by the user name RIAEvangelist,[1] is an American software developer and motorcyclist.
Motorcycle career
Miller is a pioneer in high-speed electric motorcycling.[2] He began his riding career exclusively on electric motorcycles, and transitioned to competitive racing.[3] Miller was the first person to "break the ton" (go over 100 mph) in the 150 kg Unfaired Electric Motorcycle Class. As of 2012, he holds the FIM/AMA landspeed records for 150 kg unfaired electric motorcycle in the mile, 101.652 mph, and the kilometer, 102.281 mph. He first set these records using a stock 2012 production Zero Motorcycles ZF6, breaking the previous record of 68 mph a speed of 96 mph for two FIM/AMA world records and setting a brand-new AMA record for fastest modified production electric motorcycle, all of which he broke two more times in the following two days resulting in his final records over 100 mph. Miller set his records at the Bonneville Speedway in Utah.[4] Miller set his records two years after he began riding.[5]
March 2022 node-ipc malware incident
In March 2022, Miller, maintainer of the node-ipc package on the npm package registry, released a version in protest of the Russian invasion of Ukraine allegedly containing malicious code. The payload would write a file named "WITH-LOVE-FROM-AMERICA.txt", containing an anti-war message, to the desktop of affected machines. Additionally, on machines with Belarusian and Russian IP addresses, the payload would overwrite all files on the system with a heart emoji.[6][7] Miller denied the allegations that the code was malicious, saying he was swatted, however sources reporting on this disputed his denials.[8]
References
- ^ "BIG sabotage: Famous npm package deletes files to protest Ukraine war". BleepingComputer. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ^ Siahaan, Troy (July 16, 2015). "The Life Electric: Next-Gen Hot Rodding + Video". Motorcycle.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ Siler, Wes (February 5, 2013). "The first motorcycle racer who's never ridden a gas bike". rideapart.com/. Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "All-electric Zero Motorcycles Sets Two New Land Speed Records At 2012 Bonneville Shootout". Motorcyclist. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ Olanoff (September 24, 2012). "Bethlehem native sets electric motorcycle speed record". Lehighvalleylive.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ Juha Saarinen (March 17, 2022). "'Protestware' npm package dependency labelled supply-chain attack". IT News. nextmedia.
- ^ "Open Source Maintainer Sabotages Code to Wipe Russian, Belarusian Computers". Vice News. Retrieved 2022-03-18.
- ^ "Open source dev attacked for spreading data-wiping 'protestware' | The Cyber Security News". thecybersecurity.news/. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
External links
- "Thousand Oaks man sets electric motorcycle records". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- Zero motorcycles coming to Pikes Peak in new electric motorcycle class, archived from the original on 22 April 2013, retrieved 13 December 2013