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Mikko Hyppönen

person:mikko_hypponen Also: Mikko

Chief research officer at F-Secure and a malware researcher interviewed in the episode.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing MEMBER_OF F-Secure Explicit 74
outgoing MEMBER_OF Data Fellows Explicit 74
outgoing ASSOCIATED_WITH Hyppönen Law Explicit 74
outgoing MENTIONS Brain Explicit 74
incoming DISCOVERED_BY Winvir Explicit 74

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Mikko Hyppönen MEMBER_OF F-Secure

Mikko states that he is the chief research officer of F-Secure.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Mikko Hyppönen EP 74 Details

“I am the chief research officer for F-Secure Corporation”

Mikko Hyppönen · offsets 19801–19857

Mikko Hyppönen MEMBER_OF Data Fellows

Mikko says he joined Data Fellows in 1991 as employee number six.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Mikko Hyppönen EP 74 Details

“I joined a company called Data Fellows in 1991 as employee number six.”

Mikko Hyppönen · offsets 38814–38884

Winvir DISCOVERED_BY Mikko Hyppönen

Mikko says he and a coder named Ismo found what they determined was the first Windows virus and named it Winvir.

Explicit Confidence 96% · Mikko Hyppönen EP 74 Details

“me and Ismo, one of our coders at the time, spent a couple of days trying to figure out this sample.”

Mikko Hyppönen · offsets 50292–50392

“It turned out to be the very first Windows virus in history. Well, we named it.”

Mikko Hyppönen · offsets 50394–50474

Mikko Hyppönen ASSOCIATED_WITH Hyppönen Law

The Hyppönen Law is explicitly associated with Mikko and named after him, although Mikko says he did not originally coin it as a law.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 74 Details

“There’s a law named after you”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 62443–62472

“there’s a Wikipedia page for the Hyppönen Law”

Mikko Hyppönen · offsets 62599–62644

Mikko Hyppönen MENTIONS Brain

Mikko discusses Brain and says he analyzed Brain.A when he began professionally analyzing malware.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Mikko Hyppönen EP 74 Details

“I did go through the Brain.A code as well when I started professionally doing malware analyzes.”