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Joe Tidy
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Joe Tidy is a journalist, author, and podcaster. He is the BBC’s first-ever Cyber Correspondent and the foremost voice within the corporation on cybercrime and hacking.
Over the past ten years, Joe has covered all major cyber-attacks for BBC TV, radio, social media, and online platforms, having previously reported for Sky News.
He has produced documentaries on cybersecurity around the world, travelling to the USA, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Germany, Romania, and Ukraine to uncover stories and key figures in the cybercrime world.
Joe’s most high-profile investigation saw him travel to Russia in November 2021 in search of one of the world’s most wanted cybercriminals. This feature was read by over one million people, viewed more than 2.4 million times across social media, and translated into 30 languages across the BBC network.
His top six BBC News documentaries have generated more than 30 million views, including:
• 10 million views for his video on the dangers of AI
• 2.2 million for The Teenage Millionaire Hacker
• 1.4 million for The Russian Hackers
He also hosted the popular Cyber Hack: Evil Corp series.
An experienced broadcaster, Joe has presented The Media Show on BBC Radio 4 and Tech Tent on the BBC World Service.
Before joining the BBC, Joe worked as a correspondent at Sky News, where he regularly reported on technology. His decade-long focus on cybercrime began after covering the infamous 2014 Christmas Day Lizard Squad attack.
Joe is the author of Ctrl+Alt+Chaos: How Teenage Hackers Hijack, which explores the rise of teenage hacker gangs and tells the shocking story of Julius Kivimaki, who went from gaming enthusiast to one of the world’s most wanted cybercriminals.
Testimonials
Joe Tidy has been a trusted sports presenter with Dream Team Television for eight years, covering large scale sports events for Channel 4, Sky and other major TV networks around the world. Working in an unpredictable sport environment, he is equally strong presenting with a script or in a pressured situation where he needs to quickly come up with his own words. A dedicated team-player, Joe is used to early starts and pushing through to late in the evening if necessary. He comes well-prepared and researched to all events and is a sympathetic, perceptive interviewer with a warm and easy-going on-screen style.
Many thanks to Joe for providing such an insightful and brilliantly delivered presentation to the ISBA members this morning.
He was great! I know he’s a journalist and it comes with the territory but he had clearly done so much prep work and research and considered the audience so well.
Joe has done an incredible job in hosting and facilitating several sessions of our virtual monthly events. Joe has an approachable style that makes the discussions more engaging for the audience. Not only is Joe a pleasure to work we have also had great feedback from our speakers and attendees. We look forward to working with him on future events.
Joe was delightful – very professional and friendly, accommodated our requests, responded well to our brief and delivered a thought-provoking talk. All our clients enjoyed the evening thoroughly!
Joe is a superstar! Did a great job and extremely professional
“It was great to work with Joe, he was great on the panels’ moderation and preparation beforehand. Everything was smooth on our end, and we thoroughly appreciated your support in setting up this collaboration.”
