Lucky225, a.k.a. Jered Morgan, is a Southern California

Southern California

Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...

 phone phreak and White Hat Security Professional. He is most known for his social engineering

Social engineering

Social engineering may refer to:* Social engineering , efforts to influence society on a large scale* Social engineering , the practice of obtaining confidential information by manipulating and/or deceiving people....

 abilities, co-hosting internet radio show Default Radio and exploration and knowledge of caller ID spoofing

Caller ID spoofing

Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to display a number on the recipient's Caller ID display that is not that of the actual originating station. The term is commonly used to describe situations in which the motivation is considered malicious by the speaker or writer...

, Calling Party Number (CPN), and Automatic Number Identification

Automatic number identification

Automatic number identification is a feature of telephony intelligent network services that permits subscribers to display or capture the billing telephone number of a calling party. In the United States it is part of Inward Wide Area Telephone Service . ANI service was created by AT&T for...

 (ANI).

Lucky225 has been published several times in 2600 Magazine, K-1ine Magazine, Von Magazine, and other circulars. He's been mentioned in Wired

Wired (magazine)

Wired is a full-color monthly American magazine and on-line periodical, published since January 1993, that reports on how new and developing technology affects culture, the economy, and politics...

, Hack Canada, and on CNN

CNN

Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...

. As a privacy advocate he has written and spoken about how to do almost anything without using your Social Security Number

Social Security number

In the United States, a Social Security number is a nine-digit number issued to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and temporary residents under section 205 of the Social Security Act, codified as . The number is issued to an individual by the Social Security Administration, an independent...

. He's also spoken at several conferences, including Defcon

DEF CON

DEF CON is one of the world's largest annual computer hacker conventions, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada...

 and H.O.P.E.

H.O.P.E.

HOPE is a conference series sponsored by the hacker magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. Held biennially in the summer, there have been eight conferences to date with the next scheduled for 13 - 15 July 2012.- HOPE: Hackers On...

Notable Links

• Default Radio
• Wired, an independent media source, has this article mentioning Lucky and the Default Radio boys, interviewed after a speech at Defcon
• Kevin Poulsen found the information Lucky225 had in 2004 new at the time
• rootsecure independently reports about Lucky225's K7 voicemail found in Paris Hilton's sidekick notes.
• Doug TV - An Internet TV show he was the star from 2004 til the end of the show in 2005. His last appearance for the returning of Doug TV was filmed in July 2007 which is said to be his last official time on the series.
• - How Good Is the Blind Hacker? Mitnick Weighs In, and FBI's Hunt for Lil' Hacker.