Amy Holstein

Amy Sarah Holstein (December 3, 2001 - November 29, 2049) was an American computer hacker. She was a prominent member of the National Insecurity Agency, a Philadelphia based hacker collective.

Holstein, like all of the early NIA members, attended the University of Pennsylvania. She first became involved in the organization when it was known as the Multi-Discipline Engineering Study Group. Holstein studied mechanical engineering at the university, and was first invited to join the group by her lab partner Simone Carlstrom, the group's president.

Shortly after Holstein joined, the group lost it's status as an official student organization, and with it a dedicated on-campus meeting space. While the group met intermittently in the library during this time, Holstein brought the situation to the attention of Chris Circosta, the brother a childhood friend. Circosta was a former student of the University, and rented a small warehouse space a couple miles away from the campus. Holstein floated this information to Carlstrom, and the group made arrangements to begin meeting at Circosta's space beginning in the fall of 2021.

Following the FBI raid on the NIA's Philadelphia branch on July 3, 2047, Holstein, along with around five other NIA members, was in hiding in Singapore. She was contacted by another member, Chris Circosta, who unbeknownst to her was doing so on behalf of the FBI as an informant. Cirosta persuaded her to share her location, and