Dr. Steven Murdoch | |
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Born | Steven James Murdoch |
Residence | United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Known for |
Tor project EMV/Chip and PIN |
Website | www |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Security Privacy Anonymous communication Chip and PIN Europay, Master and Visa (EMV) |
Institutions | Computer Science Department, University College London |
Thesis | Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems (2008) |
Doctoral advisor | Markus Kuhn |
Steven James Murdoch is a security researcher in the Computer Science Department, University College London. His research covers privacy-enhancing technology, Internet censorship, and anonymous communication, in particular Tor. He is also known for discovering several vulnerabilities in the EMV bank chipcard payment system (Chip and PIN).
Murdoch was educated at the University of Cambridge completing a PhD on computer security supervised by Markus Kuhn in 2008.