Geoff White

Criminals are targeting your organisation. Hackers probe for sensitive data. Fraudsters want to manipulate your systems for profit. Money launderers aim to exploit financial flows.

As one of the world’s leading journalists covering organised crime and tech, Geoff White has spent decades investigating these shadowy forces for some of the most high-profile media outlets, including the BBC, Sky and The Sunday Times. He is a highly experienced story teller whose insights – delivered in compelling, edge-of-your-seat narratives – have gripped audiences of millions and will help keep your organisation, your employees and your customers safe.

He has given more than 300 keynote talks in more than a dozen countries for some of the biggest global brands, including Microsoft, HSBC, Sky, Mastercard and Atos.

His books have sold more than 40,000 copies. His book, Rinsed, reveals how tech has revolutionised the world of money laundering and was published by Penguin Random House in 2024.

His previous book, The Lazarus Heist was published by Penguin Random House in June 2022 and was adapted from the hit BBC World Service podcast, which he created and co-presented. It gained more than 10 million listens over two series.

Geoff’s first book, Crime Dot Com, took readers inside the murky world of the digital underground, uncovering cybercrime’s emergence as today’s global threat. It was published in August 2020 by Reaktion Books and was One of Wired’s Most Fascinating Books Read in 2020.

He has written and presented two major podcast series for Audible. The Dark Web exposed the shadow internet created by the US military and now home to hackers, crooks and freedom fighters. It has been a top ten hit on the platform since its launch in 2017. Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe? revealed the origins of AI, and showed how the technology is seeping into everyday life.

Geoff’s own podcast series Cybercrime Investigations took listeners inside the world of an investigative journalist, detailing the twists and turns as the story unfolds.

He was also the co-creator of The Secret Life of Your Mobile Phone, a live, interactive phone hacking stage performance which showed how the global technology industry is harvesting the data leaking from your handset. The show was a sell–out hit at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017, and has been performed at music festivals, political conferences and for corporate clients.

As the technology correspondent for Channel 4 News, one of the UK’s leading daily news programmes, Geoff won multiple awards for his work on the Snowden leaks, the hacking of Britain’s largest ISP TalkTalk and his exposés of fraud in the internet dating industry. He was the creator of the programme’s Data Baby project, a unique experiment which used a fictional online persona to expose how personal data is used – and abused – online.

An accomplished and sought-after public speaker, Geoff White has given keynote talks at some of the UK’s largest tech events, in addition to chairing conferences and appearing on panels at venues ranging from London’s Chatham House think-tank to the Latitude music festival.

Geoff offers a number of highly topical and relevant keynote business presentations. His most popular areas of speciality include:
 
FINANCIAL CRIME

From global money laundering networks to intricate fraud campaigns, Geoff has explored the inner workings of the organised crime groups whose nefarious activities are costing businesses billions, and leaving law enforcement agencies struggling to keep up. His insights offer invaluable lessons for organisations trying to defend against an increasingly complex threat.

He has delivered compelling keynote talks for some of the world's biggest financial brands, including Mastercard, The World Bank, Bank of America, Citywire, The Central Bank of Ireland, NatWest and many more.

CRYPTO CRIME

Geoff first started covering Bitcoin in 2011, when each coin was worth just a few dollars (compared to tens of thousands today). He has investigated some of the biggest cryptocurrency thefts in history, including the legendary Mt Gox hack of 2014, and the billion-dollar crypto-crime campaign waged by North Korea. He has also tracked crypto's use a key money laundering vector.
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of the world's biggest crypto firm Binance, named Geoff's book on North Korean hacking as his pick for 2022, tweeting: "If you hold crypto, you need to know the basics of security".

CYBER CRIME

With more than a decade of experience covering computer hacking for the likes of Channel 4 News, BBC News and Forbes online, Geoff is one of the world's leading journalists in this field. From ransomware to business email compromise to nation-state attacks, he has delved deep into the tactics that cyber crime gangs use to target their victims, and shares the insights that can help organisations protect themselves from attack.

He has given keynote talks for leading tech security companies including Proofpoint, Mimecast, Kaspersky, Trend Micro, NCC Group, and spoken at major conferences including Black Hat and InfoSec.

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