Mike Godfrey, Director of INSINIA Security, started life as a “hacker” before he had hit his teens. With a professional background in Electro-technical / Electro-mechanical Engineering and almost 20 years’ experience in building and breaking computers.

Mike offers a unique perspective when it comes to varied and multi-vector attacks and is regarded as one of the UK’s most capable multi-skilled Cyber Security Specialists, gaining notoriety in the Cyber Security industry for using elements of different skills, both on hard and soft surfaces, to carry out highly technical and often highly intricate electronic attacks. One of these attacks includes hacking Costco’s high security Sentry display safe with nothing more than a magnet and a sock! This research was utilised and referenced by @Plor in his talk at DEF CON 25 – “Popping a Smart Gun”. Mike has also been lucky enough to become a DEF CON speaker in 2018, one of the proudest moments of his life!

Mike works as a Cyber Security contributor for the BBC, LBC, Channel 4 and was the Ethical Hacker who discovered the TalkTalk and O2 data breach stories.

Twitter: @MikeGHacks