Mikko Hyppönen

Mikko Hyppönen in 2021

Mikko Hyppönen (born in 1969 in Finland) is a computer security expert and columnist. He is known for the Hyppönen Law about IoT security, which states that whenever an appliance is described as being "smart", it is vulnerable.

Quotes

• Rarely is anyone thanked for the work they did to prevent the disaster that didn't happen.
  • Via @mikko on Twitter, July 2019

• We are no longer securing computers - we are securing the society.
  • A talk at Slush 2015 November 2015

• Cyber weapons are effective, affordable and deniable. That’s a great combination in any weapon.
  • BusinessInsider Article, March 2017

• If it's smart, it's vulnerable.
  • Keynote at Black Hat Asia, April 2019 ("The Hypponen Law")

• It is not a question of privacy against security. It's a question of freedom against control.
  • TED Radio Hour", NPR, October 2014

• Adobe Reader is the worst piece of software I’ve seen, right after QuickTime.
  • "Unique attacks highlight Internet espionage trends", Searchsecurity, February 2011

• The proliferation of internet-connected smart devices will be the IT asbestos of the future.
  • "Mikko Hypponen on the dark side of IoT devices", ENCRYPT, May 2021

• Privacy is dead, and it was killed by the internet. This is what our generation will be remembered for.
  • Mikko Hyppönen interview by Heikki Valkama (in Finnish) Yle, December 2018

• Security is like Tetris: Your successes disappear but your failures pile up.
  • Keynote address, CeBIT Australia, October 2019

See also

• Internet safety
• Security
• Computers