# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikko-hypponen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:53:34.641Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikko-hypponen"
name: "Mikko Hyppönen"
slug: "mikko-hypponen"
description: "Mikko Hyppönen is a Finnish computer security expert, speaker and author. He is known for the Hyppönen Law of IoT security, which states that whenever an appliance is described as being \"smart\", it is vulnerable. He worked for 34 years as the Chief Research Officer at WithSecure and as the Principal Research Advisor at F-Secure, before joining Sensofusion in 2025."
tagline: "Finnish computer security expert"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikko_Hypp%C3%B6nen_-_2021_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1969-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.56
  momentum:             2.751196172248804
  historical:           9.257564
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mikko"
    handle:    "mikko"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/mikko.hypponen"
    handle:    "mikko.hypponen"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://mikko.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ميكو هيبونن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Hypp%C3%B6nen"
    title: "Mikko Hyppönen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Hypp%C3%B6nen"
    title: "Mikko Hyppönen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mikko Hyppönen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Hypp%C3%B6nen"
    title: "Mikko Hyppönen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Hypp%C3%B6nen"
    title: "Mikko Hyppönen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Hypp%C3%B6nen"
    title: "Mikko Hyppönen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Hypp%C3%B6nen"
    title: "Mikko Hyppönen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Hypp%C3%B6nen"
    title: "Mikko Hyppönen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mikko_Hypp%C3%B6nen"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump