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About Me
Mikko Hyppönen
I catch cybercriminals.
I'm the Chief Research Officer for F-Secure - an antivirus company based out of Finland.
I've worked with F-Secure since 1991, running our research team through the biggest computer virus outbreaks in history. I work quite a bit with international law enforcement on cybercrime cases.
I give 5-10 keynotes in international conferences a year. Also, I write for Scientific American, Foreign Policy and CNN.com.
- Location:
- Finland, Helsinki
- Current organization:
- F-Secure Corp.
- Current role:
- Chief Research Officer
- Gender:
- Male
- I am:
- Blogger, Engineer, Inventor, Scientist, Technologist, World traveler
- My website links:
- My Twitter
- TED conferences attended:
- TEDGlobal 2011, TED2009
More About Me
I'm passionate about
Catching organized online criminals.
An idea worth spreading
Creating "internetpol" - ie. interpol for internet.
Talk to me about
Atari et al.
People don't know that I'm good at
...doing my own stunts.
My TED Story
I remember sitting down in TED 2009 in Long Beach to watch a talk. The guy sitting next to me had longer hair and beard. We started talking. Turns out he was Matt Groening. Only in TED.
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Mikko Hypponen: Three types of online attack
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Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net
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While unfortunate, it's not a case of "antivirus companies writing viruses", is it?
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And I agree that TED's time limit is both a curse and a blessing - but in the end, this format is one of the reasons that has made TED as great as it is.