EditorialDaniel Kaminsky sits for a portrait at his Brooklyn office in 2010. He was widely hailed after finding a serious flaw in the internet?s basic plumbing. Kaminsky, a security researcher known for his discovery of a fundamental flaw in the fabric of the internet, died on Friday, April 23, 2021, at his home in San Francisco. He was 42. His aunt, Dr. Toby Maurer, said the cause was diabetes ketoacidosis, a serious diabetic condition that led to his frequent hospitalization in recent years. In 2008, Kaminsky was widely hailed as a latter-day, digital Paul Revere after he found a serious flaw in the internet's basic plumbing that could allow skilled coders to take over websites, siphon off bank credentials or even shut down the internet. Kaminsky alerted the Department of Homeland Security, executives at Microsoft and Cisco, and other internet security experts to the problem and helped spearhead a patch. (Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times)
EditorialEugene Bily, right, and his wife, Rosemary, are joined by their son-in-law, Rich Lamanno, at their home in Oceanside, N.Y., Aug. 1, 2021. (Gregg Vigliotti/The New York Times)
EditorialDaniel Kaminsky sits for a portrait at his Brooklyn office in 2010. He was widely hailed after finding a serious flaw in the internet’s basic plumbing. Kaminsky, a security researcher known for his discovery of a fundamental flaw in the fabric of the internet, died on Friday, April 23, 2021, at his home in San Francisco. He was 42. His aunt, Dr. Toby Maurer, said the cause was diabetes ketoacidosis, a serious diabetic condition that led to his frequent hospitalization in recent years. In 2008, Kaminsky was widely hailed as a latter-day, digital Paul Revere after he found a serious flaw in the internet's basic plumbing that could allow skilled coders to take over websites, siphon off bank credentials or even shut down the internet. Kaminsky alerted the Department of Homeland Security, executives at Microsoft and Cisco, and other internet security experts to the problem and helped spearhead a patch. (Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times)
EditorialDMX’s fiancé Desiree Lindstrom and his son Exodus are seen for the first time since his hospitalization at a prayer vigil at White Plains Hospital
EditorialEXCLUSIVE: Osborne residence takes extra safe measures against COVID having hired help keep clean all keypad intercom boxes and a posted sign in front
EditorialPatrons get COVID-19 tests at a walk-up mobile testing site near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)
EditorialKhadra Mahdi Abdi, who had COVID symptoms but felt that she couldn't afford hospitalization, speaks with public health workers in Hargeisa, Somalia, Dec. 2, 2020. (Samantha Reinder/The New York Times)
EditorialHeidi Haugan and her family, who favor stronger pandemic precautions, at home in Sioux Falls, S.D., Nov. 17, 2020. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialA COVID-19 testing facility in Sioux Falls, S.D., the state with the highest hospitalization rate in the country, on Oct. 28, 2020. (Benjamin Rasmussen/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump returns to the White House in Washington after his hospitalization with Covid-19, Oct. 5, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Fla., Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Donald Trump returns to the White House in Washington, after being treated for COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Oct. 5, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialCalifornia National Guard medics test Debbie Strickland for the coronavirus in Galt, Calif., on Thursday, July 23, 2020. (Max Whittaker for The New York Times)
EditorialKim Victory, who has been struggling with emotional and psychological fallout since her hospitalization, with her husband, Wess Victory, at home in Franklin, Tenn., May 5, 2020 (William DeShazer/The New York Times)