{"id":15267,"date":"2022-01-13T16:12:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=15267"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:18:52","slug":"david-jacoby","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/myspeaker.se\/en\/speakers\/david-jacoby\/","title":{"rendered":"David Jacoby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"text-block_b6ecdf5975c38bec0b6ecdf111464e5d\" class=\"block-text block-text--columns-one lg:my-20 my-10\">\n      <div class=\"block-text__body\">\n      <p>In addition to his own research, David Jacoby has served as a technical advisor to some of Sweden\u2019s most successful IT security companies. He has also contributed as an advisor to books, including David Lagercrantz\u2019s continuation of the Millennium series. He has been featured in books such as A Guide to Kernel Exploitation: Attacking the Core, Generation 500, Swedish Hackers, and most recently Cybersecurity ABCs. In 2021, the Swedish Theft Prevention Association awarded David its merit badge for his efforts in fighting digital crime.<\/p>\n<p>Making IT security and hacking understandable for everyone is extremely challenging\u2014but David Jacoby has truly gone above and beyond to achieve exactly that. He frequently appears in news media and newspapers, both in Sweden and internationally.<\/p>\n<h2>More about David Jacoby<\/h2>\n<p>As part of his research, David has hacked his own home, and demonstrated how to hack an entire country. He has also shown how he gained access to a fully updated Mac computer without using any hacking tools. In the hit Swedish TV show HACKAD_, David Jacoby and three colleagues hacked Swedish companies live on television, illustrating both the complexity and necessity of IT security. He has also appeared on shows such as Veckans Ord with Kristian Luuk, Stoppa Tjuven, and TV4 Nyhetsmorgon.<\/p>\n<p>What sets David Jacoby apart is not only his deep expertise, but also his immense passion for IT security and hacking. In his talks, he combines all these elements\u2014often including live hacking demonstrations along with concrete tips and tricks on how individuals and organizations can become safer and more secure.<\/p>\n<p>His style is humorous and provocative &#8211; always with a twinkle in his eye.<\/p>\n<h3>Popular keynote topics:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>How I Hacked My Home<\/li>\n<li>How to Hack a Country for Fun and Profit<\/li>\n<li>Demystifying the macOS Attack Chain<\/li>\n<li>Supply Chain Attacks Explained<\/li>\n<li>What Is Your Digital Price?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Jacoby is one of Sweden\u2019s least camera-shy hackers and a leading IT security expert. 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