# The Hacking Games > Based in United Kingdom; at Web Summit Lisbon 2026 as a speaker's company. Public facts only, each with its source. *Source: · site v0.1.12 · generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift.* --- | | | |---|---| | **What they do** | Turns gamers' and hackers' talent into cybersecurity careers. | | **Based in** | [United Kingdom](../../places/united-kingdom/index.md) | | **At Web Summit as** | a speaker's company | | **Confirmed for 2026** | Yes: John Madelin (Chief Product Officer) is listed on the LIS26 session page 'The real threat isn’t a nation-state, it’s a teenager.' | | **Website** | [thehackinggames.com](https://www.thehackinggames.com/) | | **Filed under** | [Security](../../topics/security/index.md) | ## At the summit {#summit} - **14:55** [The real threat isn’t a nation-state, it’s a teenager.](../../events/the-real-threat-isn-t-a-nation-state-it-s-a-teenager/index.md) *Thu 12 Nov, until 15:25 · [Stage 8](../../places/stage-8/index.md) · the session page names it ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the-real-threat-isn-t-a-nation-state-it-s-a-teenager/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator); [John Madelin](../../people/john-madelin/index.md), [Conor Freeman](../../people/conor-freeman/index.md) speak ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the-real-threat-isn-t-a-nation-state-it-s-a-teenager/), read 2026-11-04 by programme@web-summit.vicky)* `Our pick` ## People {#people} People the summit's pages list under The Hacking Games, by name, role and organisation only. - [Conor Freeman](../../people/conor-freeman/index.md), Former Black Hat Hacker & Offensive Security Lead, as listed under "The Hacking Games" ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the-real-threat-isn-t-a-nation-state-it-s-a-teenager/), read 2026-11-04). - [John Madelin](../../people/john-madelin/index.md), Chief Product Officer, as listed under "The Hacking Games" ([websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the-real-threat-isn-t-a-nation-state-it-s-a-teenager/), read 2026-11-04). ## Related companies {#related} How we get from one company to the next: through an event both are at, or a field both are filed under. Each line says which. - Also filed under [Security](../../topics/security/index.md) (29): [1Password](../1password/index.md), [AISLE](../aisle/index.md), [Akamai](../akamai/index.md), [AustriaCard](../austriacard/index.md), [Cloudflare](../cloudflare/index.md), [CrowdStrike](../crowdstrike/index.md), [Delinea](../delinea/index.md), [Descope](../descope/index.md), [EasyDMARC](../easydmarc/index.md), [Eversec Technology](../eversec/index.md), [Exein](../exein/index.md), [Feedzai](../feedzai/index.md), [Firefox Enterprise by Mozilla](../firefox-enterprise-mozilla/index.md), [Gcore](../gcore/index.md), [Kiggu](../kiggu/index.md), [Ledger](../ledger/index.md), [ManageEngine](../manageengine/index.md), [Mobbeel](../mobbeel/index.md), [Nisos](../nisos/index.md), [NordVPN](../nordvpn/index.md), [Persona](../persona/index.md), [Polygraf AI](../polygraf-ai/index.md), [Proofpoint](../proofpoint/index.md), [Proton](../proton/index.md), [ROOST (Robust Open Online Safety Tools)](../roost/index.md), [SpaceComputer](../spacecomputer/index.md), [Sumsub](../sumsub/index.md), [Topsec Cloud Solutions](../topsec-cloud-solutions/index.md), [Trent AI](../trent-ai/index.md). ## Our question for them {#question} As for every company we follow, three questions, not claims. We have not asked The Hacking Games yet. When they answer, it goes here. 1. **Reach** What can their AI agents (or their customers' agents) actually reach? 2. **Mandate** What were they authorised to do? 3. **Gap** Who controls the gap between the two? ## Where this comes from {#sources} - [websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the-](https://websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the-real-threat-isn-t-a-nation-state-it-s-a-teenager/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 session page (conferenceSlug lis26): 'The real threat isn’t a nation-state, it’s a teenager.', 12 Nov, Cybersecurity Summit, Stage 8, names The Hacking Games as the speaker's organisation. - [websummit.com/attendees/lis26/796b1533-252c-42db-a9ff-badf2bdef3b3/joh](https://websummit.com/attendees/lis26/796b1533-252c-42db-a9ff-badf2bdef3b3/john-madelin/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 attendee page: John Madelin, Chief Product Officer, The Hacking Games; country and industry as listed by Web Summit; public bio. - [thehackinggames.com/](https://thehackinggames.com/), read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: what the company does, from its own site (title and description). Re-checked by newsroom@web-summit.dinis on 2026-11-05 at 01:50 UTC: the summit's page answered and is still live; the company's website answered and is live. Taken from the team's company map (`data/companies.json` on [web-summit.sgit.ai](https://web-summit.sgit.ai/)), public facts only. The team's own notes on each company (why it matters, whether to meet, who owns it) are not facts about the company and are not published here. Something wrong? Tell us and we correct it on this page, dated. The same, as data: [companies/the-hacking-games.json](../../api/v1/companies/the-hacking-games.json) and its graph, [graph/companies/the-hacking-games.json](../../api/v1/graph/companies/the-hacking-games.json) (how to read them: [the data, as JSON](../../api/index.md)). 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