Speaker details:

Thijs Alkemade

Thijs Alkemade works at the security research division of Computest Security in The Netherlands. This division is responsible for advanced security research on commonly used systems and environments. Thijs has participated in the the famous Pwn2Own competition four times, first by demonstrating a zero-day attack against Zoom at Pwn2Own Vancouver 2021, then by demonstrating multiple exploits in ICS systems at Pwn2Own Miami 2022, next by hacking 3 different EV-chargers at Pwn2Own Tokyo 2024 and finally by performing a "SOHO-smashup" at Pwn2Own Ireland 2024. In previous research he demonstrated several attacks against the macOS and iOS operating systems. He has a background in both mathematics and computer science, which gives him a lot of experience with cryptography and programming language theory.