Joe Tidy BBC News
@joetidy.bsky.social
Cyber Correspondent, BBC News. Author of Ctrl+Alt+Chaos. I cover cyber security, online safety, crypto, AI, social networks and everything 💻📱📡. Global news mainly. DMs always open for tips/ feedback.
British hacker must repay £4m after hijacking celebrity Twitter accounts. Joseph O'Connor, from Liverpool, hijacked more than 130 accounts in July 2020, including those of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Elon Musk in The Great Twitter Hack.
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British hacker must repay £4m after hijacking celebrity Twitter accounts
Joseph O'Connor, from Liverpool, hacked more than 130 accounts in July 2020 to promote a Bitcoin scam.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
British hacker must repay £4m after hijacking celebrity Twitter accounts. Joseph O'Connor, from Liverpool, hijacked more than 130 accounts in July 2020, including those of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Elon Musk in The Great Twitter Hack.
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My write up of the bombshell Anthropic news about Chinese hackers using its chatbot for near autonomous cyber attacks. No doubt many questions still to be answered and I would love to hear more from a non-commercial entity that handled this.
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AI firm claims Chinese spies used its tech to automate cyber attacks
The company claimed in a blog post this was the
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November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
My write up of the bombshell Anthropic news about Chinese hackers using its chatbot for near autonomous cyber attacks. No doubt many questions still to be answered and I would love to hear more from a non-commercial entity that handled this.
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Extraordinary day and historic for the wrong reasons - a cyber attack featured in the GDP figures
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Extraordinary day and historic for the wrong reasons - a cyber attack featured in the GDP figures
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A really insightful interview from the prison that @joetidy.bsky.social and the crew conducted with the former most wanted cyber criminal under nickname 'Tank' with real name Vyacheslav Penchukov, who used to run the infamous Russian cyber gang
"Paranoia is a constant friend of hackers." In an exclusive interview for our podcast, we went inside a Colorado prison to interview former Most Wanted cyber criminal 'Tank'. Vyacheslav Penchukov, climbed to the top of the Russian-speaking cyber-underworld.
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Tank interview: A hacking kingpin reveals all to the BBC
One of the world's most prominent cyber-criminals speaks to the BBC in an exclusive interview.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A really insightful interview from the prison that @joetidy.bsky.social and the crew conducted with the former most wanted cyber criminal under nickname 'Tank' with real name Vyacheslav Penchukov, who used to run the infamous Russian cyber gang
"Paranoia is a constant friend of hackers." In an exclusive interview for our podcast, we went inside a Colorado prison to interview former Most Wanted cyber criminal 'Tank'. Vyacheslav Penchukov, climbed to the top of the Russian-speaking cyber-underworld.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tank interview: A hacking kingpin reveals all to the BBC
One of the world's most prominent cyber-criminals speaks to the BBC in an exclusive interview.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
"Paranoia is a constant friend of hackers." In an exclusive interview for our podcast, we went inside a Colorado prison to interview former Most Wanted cyber criminal 'Tank'. Vyacheslav Penchukov, climbed to the top of the Russian-speaking cyber-underworld.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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There's some really big caveats to this. A thread.
New: Google says it has discovered at least 5 malware families that use AI to rewrite their code and generate new capabilities on the fly, suggesting AI-powered malware is finally starting to take off. cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
Report also has interesting stories about state actors' AI use.
Report also has interesting stories about state actors' AI use.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There's some really big caveats to this. A thread.
Pleasure to do a keynote and book signing at the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service conference today. At the Aviva Stadium in Dublin no less! Thanks for the invite @brianhonan.bsky.social 🇮🇪#irisscon
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Pleasure to do a keynote and book signing at the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service conference today. At the Aviva Stadium in Dublin no less! Thanks for the invite @brianhonan.bsky.social 🇮🇪#irisscon
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It’s great to have @joetidy.bsky.social speak about teenage hackers at this #irisscon
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It’s great to have @joetidy.bsky.social speak about teenage hackers at this #irisscon
Pleased to announce my publisher has ordered another print run of my book as we have very nearly sold out of the first print! The second print run will fix the 2 typos that eagle-eyed readers pointed out to me. So if your copy has the typos - you now have a collectosr 1tem!
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Pleased to announce my publisher has ordered another print run of my book as we have very nearly sold out of the first print! The second print run will fix the 2 typos that eagle-eyed readers pointed out to me. So if your copy has the typos - you now have a collectosr 1tem!
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Britain’s digital delinquents - organised gangs and hostile states are recruiting teenage hackers to wreak havoc online.
@joetidy.bsky.social chats to Oliver Pickup at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social. Read more:
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Joe's new book #CtrlAltChaos is out now!
@joetidy.bsky.social chats to Oliver Pickup at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social. Read more:
www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...
Joe's new book #CtrlAltChaos is out now!
Britain’s digital delinquents
Organised gangs and hostile states are recruiting teenage hackers to wreak havoc online
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November 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Britain’s digital delinquents - organised gangs and hostile states are recruiting teenage hackers to wreak havoc online.
@joetidy.bsky.social chats to Oliver Pickup at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social. Read more:
www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...
Joe's new book #CtrlAltChaos is out now!
@joetidy.bsky.social chats to Oliver Pickup at @newstatesman1913.bsky.social. Read more:
www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...
Joe's new book #CtrlAltChaos is out now!
Looks like we might need to make an emergency addition to the podcast series! @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy - who we interviewed at length for the series - has broken the news that one of the alleged JabberZeus lads has been nabbed in Italy.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Looks like we might need to make an emergency addition to the podcast series! @briankrebs.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy - who we interviewed at length for the series - has broken the news that one of the alleged JabberZeus lads has been nabbed in Italy.
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/11/alle...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Proof if proof be need be that Twitter is now almost unusable. Just saw this on a major account on X.
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Proof if proof be need be that Twitter is now almost unusable. Just saw this on a major account on X.
Dramatic vid of Russian alleged hackers being arrested in... Russia. Rare to see this kind of activity but even rarer to see convictions. Love that one of the suspects was arrested wearing Hello Kitty pyjamas. Maybe that is the real reason for the raid... www.infostealers.com/article/russ...
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Dramatic vid of Russian alleged hackers being arrested in... Russia. Rare to see this kind of activity but even rarer to see convictions. Love that one of the suspects was arrested wearing Hello Kitty pyjamas. Maybe that is the real reason for the raid... www.infostealers.com/article/russ...
I’ll be signing books after my keynote too!
We are just a few days away from the @irisscert.bsky.social #IRISSCON conference on Nov 5th.
Below is the agenda so if you haven't registered you should do so now at www.eventbrite.ie/e/irisscert-... & don't miss your opportunity to network with your peers at the conference & at the after-party.
Below is the agenda so if you haven't registered you should do so now at www.eventbrite.ie/e/irisscert-... & don't miss your opportunity to network with your peers at the conference & at the after-party.
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I’ll be signing books after my keynote too!
Listening to this song as this is what I saw on my clock this morning when I woke up. Cheers daylight savings...
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Listening to this song as this is what I saw on my clock this morning when I woke up. Cheers daylight savings...
Thanks to The Next Big Idea Club for choosing my book as a 'Must Read' for January when it comes out in the US! 😍 🥳
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thanks to The Next Big Idea Club for choosing my book as a 'Must Read' for January when it comes out in the US! 😍 🥳
JLR hack is costliest cyber attack in UK history, say analysts. Experts at the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) have analysed the continuing fallout from the hack, which halted production on 1 September for five weeks and caused widespread delays across JLR's supply chain. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
JLR hack 'is costliest cyber attack in UK history', experts say
The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is estimated to cost £2.1bn, the Cyber Monitoring Centre says.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
JLR hack is costliest cyber attack in UK history, say analysts. Experts at the Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) have analysed the continuing fallout from the hack, which halted production on 1 September for five weeks and caused widespread delays across JLR's supply chain. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🔈 First 3 episodes are LIVE! Really hope people enjoy it! The producers don't want to be named in it for obvious reasons, but I will pass on any (positive) feedback to them as they did a phenomenal job!
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October 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🔈 First 3 episodes are LIVE! Really hope people enjoy it! The producers don't want to be named in it for obvious reasons, but I will pass on any (positive) feedback to them as they did a phenomenal job!
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
BBC SOUNDS: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
APPLE: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
BBC SOUNDS: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The BBC World Service has launched 3rd season of Cyber Hack podcast hosted by @joetidy.bsky.social & @sarahrainsfordbbc.bsky.social. The 3rd season delves into the story of notorious Russian cyber gang Evil Corp. Having listened to the first episode, I highly recommend. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Cyber Hack launches new podcast with the story of hacking group Evil Corp
The six part BBC World Service series tells Evil Corp’s origin story and takes listeners inside the long-running international investigation to stop them
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October 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The BBC World Service has launched 3rd season of Cyber Hack podcast hosted by @joetidy.bsky.social & @sarahrainsfordbbc.bsky.social. The 3rd season delves into the story of notorious Russian cyber gang Evil Corp. Having listened to the first episode, I highly recommend. www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
My favourite part of the AWS outage coverage so far. On a Sky News live page post about people’s biggest worries about the outage:
October 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
My favourite part of the AWS outage coverage so far. On a Sky News live page post about people’s biggest worries about the outage:
More details on our new podcast season here: www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
October 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
More details on our new podcast season here: www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...
Well this is VERY exciting. For the last 6 months we've been making a brand new BBC podcast series all about Evil Corp - the OGs of Russian cyber crime. Preview here. Series drops Monday! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Cyber Hack - Evil Corp - Introducing Evil Corp - BBC Sounds
Accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars – Russia’s most wanted hackers
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October 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Well this is VERY exciting. For the last 6 months we've been making a brand new BBC podcast series all about Evil Corp - the OGs of Russian cyber crime. Preview here. Series drops Monday! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
💭 In the past 3 days we’ve been told by the UK’s security services - NCSC/ MI5 - that we’re under increasing attacks by an increasing number of enemies. China/ Russia/ cybercriminals. But we get told all this with zero evidence and it’s all part of these services publicly marking their own homework
October 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
💭 In the past 3 days we’ve been told by the UK’s security services - NCSC/ MI5 - that we’re under increasing attacks by an increasing number of enemies. China/ Russia/ cybercriminals. But we get told all this with zero evidence and it’s all part of these services publicly marking their own homework
Personal news. I'm starting a Series-A funding round for my new cyber startup guys. Who wants shares?
October 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Personal news. I'm starting a Series-A funding round for my new cyber startup guys. Who wants shares?