Joseph Menn

Joseph Menn is a seasoned investigative journalist with over three decades of experience, specializing in technology, cybersecurity, and cybercrime. He joined Reuters as a technology reporter, where he wrote investigative stories and deep analyses on digital threats before moving to The Washington Post in 2022. Menn's career includes notable tenures at the Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, and Charlotte Observer. His groundbreaking 2010 book *Fatal System Error* exposed Russian intelligence collaboration with cybercriminals and Gambino crime family ties to internet gambling, earning a spot on the U.S. Strategic Command's reading list. His 2019 book *Cult of the Dead Cow* revealed Beto O'Rourke's hacking background and chronicled ethical hacking's origins, becoming a Wall Street Journal-recommended cybersecurity classic. Menn's work has influenced documentaries like *The Panama Papers* and shaped public understanding of cyber conflict through mainstream publications and conferences like DEF CON and RSA.