Elias Ladopoulos

About Elias Ladopoulos

Elias Ladopoulos, aka \"Acidphreak\"​, is an original hacker and founding member of the Masters of Deception (MOD), the renowned underground hacker group on which the movie “Hackers” and the book “The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace”, were based. Elias’ story has been chronicled in media outlets including Wired, Esquire, and Harper’s, and was one of the first subjects selected to be profiled in “This American Life” on NPR. He remains a leader and mentor to a younger generation of hackers today. Professionally, Elias is a former financial market CISO, who later ran cyber operations for a government contractor to US agencies. He is an advisor to Recorded Future and Eclypsium, both firms funded by In-Q-Tel; and CounterCraft, a deception technology startup incubated at GCHQ. Elias\'​ investment experience includes leading two systematic machine learning-driven trading firms, and as investor at two prominent early-stage VCs. His involvement with cryptocurrencies began as a cypherpunk since its early toad.com origins in 1993. He currently advises govt, commercial, and private investment firms in the US and Europe. Keywords: threat intelligence, cybersecurity, blockchain, cryptocurrency, financial markets, venture capital, game theory, systems, analytics, machine learning, industrial design, incubation, hacker

Experience

1. Strategic Advisor

   Countercraft

   Jun 2017 — Present · London, GB

   The European leader in counter-threat technology.