Joe Tidy is the BBC’s first cybersecurity correspondent working on investigations for international and home news outlets.

Appointed in 2018, Joe covers cybercrime, hacking, privacy, data security, online safety, gaming and pretty much everything internet. He also presents The Media Show on BBC Radio 4.

5 episodes of the Smashing Security podcast:

• 464: Rockstar got hacked. The data was junk. The secrets it revealed were not · Apr 22, 2026
• 452: The dark web's worst assassins, and Pegasus in the dock · Jan 29, 2026
• 423: Operation Endgame, deepfakes, and dead slugs · Jun 25, 2025
• 272: Going ape over the Kardashians, and the face of romance scams · Apr 27, 2022
• 240: 3D printer hijacks, crypto fails, and a tech billionaire’s revenge · Aug 25, 2021