In 2016, a then 19-year-old Daniel Kelley was charged with computer hacking, blackmail and fraud in connection with a major data breach at a British telecoms company. He was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. Since his release, he has worked with more than 35 cybersecurity companies to produce campaigns and thought leadership pieces on the reality of digital threats.
When I was a teenager, gaming completely took over my life. I’d play for 12 or more hours a day; it was all I thought about. Video games gave me a different way to socialise because I didn’t enjoy school and didn’t have much of a social life offline. The gaming world became my entire environment, my escape, my community.
