The Hacking Games
| What they do | Turns gamers' and hackers' talent into cybersecurity careers. |
|---|---|
| Website | https://www.thehackinggames.com/ |
| Category | security |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Attending 2026 | confirmed: John Madelin (Chief Product Officer) is listed on the LIS26 session page 'The real threat isn’t a nation-state, it’s a teenager.' |
| Attending as | speaker's company |
| Why it matters to us | describe: 'The real threat isn't a nation-state, it's a teenager'; a talent and threat story for the newsroom |
| Decision (proposed) | describe |
| Priority | 3 |
| Owner on our team | to decide |
| Status | to contact |
On the graph
In Security, privacy and trust (not agent-specific).
- speaks-at The real threat isn’t a nation-state, it’s a teenager. : two speakers on teenagers as the real threat source
- relevant-to The SGit newsroom: teenage hackers as talent and threat: a story (our judgement)
Assets made for them
None yet.
Sources
- websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the-, read 2026-11-01: LIS26 session page (conferenceSlug lis26): 'The real threat isn’t a nation-state, it’s a teenager.', 12 Nov, Cybersecurity Summit, Stage 8, names The Hacking Games as the speaker's organisation
- websummit.com/attendees/lis26/796b1533-252c-42db-a9ff-badf2bdef3b3/joh, read 2026-11-01: LIS26 attendee page: John Madelin, Chief Product Officer, The Hacking Games; country and industry as listed by Web Summit; public bio
- thehackinggames.com/, read 2026-11-01: what the company does, from its own site (title and description)