Back on GitHub, and Grateful: Thank You, Cassidy ❤️

My GitHub account has been restored.

I’ve been looking forward to being able to write that sentence. Now that I finally can, the first thing I want to say is thank you.

A while ago, I published “When GitHub Goes Silent: A Security Researcher’s Account Suspension Story.” I wrote about losing access to my account, trying to get answers, and moving my projects to GitLab while the situation remained unresolved.

That post captured a difficult moment. This one gets to capture a much happier one.

Thank you, Cassidy

I want to give a special, heartfelt thank-you to Cassidy (@cassidoo.co), who helped me get my account back.

Cassidy, I’m deeply grateful for your help. Behind an account suspension is a person trying to understand what happened and hoping there is a way forward. Being on that side of the situation can feel lonely, especially when the account holds work you care about and connections you’ve spent years building.

Your help mattered to me personally. It helped bring this difficult chapter to a close, and it gave me a reason to write something I’m very happy to share with the community.

I wanted to say this publicly because your kindness deserves to be acknowledged: thank you for helping me. I won’t forget it.

To the people who stayed

I also want to thank the people who left thoughtful comments on my earlier post and encouraged me to keep going.

When you publish security research and open-source tools, much of the work happens quietly: reading, testing, writing code, documenting results, and trying again when something fails. You put that work online hoping someone will find it useful.

Hearing from people who had learned something from my work meant a great deal during that uncertainty. Those conversations gave me encouragement when I needed it, and I’m grateful to everyone who took the time to have them.

Thank you, too, to the people at GitHub who made the restoration possible. I’m glad to be back.

Back to building

There is a particular kind of relief in being able to return to something you thought you might have lost. I’m still taking that in.

I’m looking forward to continuing my security research, building tools for authorized testing, sharing what I learn, and reconnecting with the community around that work.

My earlier article shared the frustration of an unresolved situation. It feels right to give the good news the same visibility.

So here it is: I’m back on GitHub, and I’m grateful.

Cassidy, thank you once again. And to everyone who offered encouragement along the way: I’m very happy to share this moment with you.

See you on GitHub. There’s more to build. ❤️