Cybersecurity speaker Charlie Miller has been defined by Foreign Policy as one of the most skilled hackers worldwide. Charlie studied mathematics at the University of Notre Dame and went on to become a hacker for the National Security Agency.

After that, he has worked for several other famous companies, such as Twitter, Didi Chuxing, and Uber. At present, Charlie works at Cruise Automation.

Speaker Charlie Miller ‘s skills have enabled him to detect multiple vulnerabilities in several phones and laptops made by Apple. His findings include the ability to hijack an iPhone purely by sending malicious text messages to it. In fact, Charlie was the first one to ever be able to compromise an iPhone remotely. Moreover, he was able to do the same with an Android phone on its release day.  

He then turned his attention to embedded security, working on laptops’ battery security and NFC projects.

Dr. Miller has been spending a lot of time recently in the vehicle security field. He proved that hackers can compromise certain Fiat Chrysler automobiles remotely from any location. In fact, Dr. Miller was able to control everything from the audio system to the wipers to the car’s acceleration. Fiat had to recall 1.4 million automobiles as a result of Charlie’s discoveries.

ABC World News Tonight, The Today Show, NPR, CNN, the New York Times, CNBC, USA Today, and Forbes have all highlighted Dr. Miller’s work. Additionally, he has won the yearly Pwn2Own tournament four times.