Steven Murdoch

Steven James Murdoch is Professor of Security Engineering^[7] in the Computer Science Department, University College London.^[7] His research covers privacy-enhancing technology, Internet censorship,^[8] and anonymous communication, in particular Tor.^[9][10] He is also known for discovering several vulnerabilities in the EMV bank chipcard payment system (Chip and PIN)^{[1][11][12][13]} and for creating Tor Browser.^[14][15]

Steven Murdoch FBCS FIET
Born	Steven James Murdoch
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Known for	Tor project[1][2] EMV/Chip and PIN[1][3]
Scientific career
Fields	Security Privacy Anonymous communication[4][5] Chip and PIN Europay, Master and Visa (EMV)[1]
Institutions	Computer Science Department, University College London
Thesis	Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems (2008)
Doctoral advisor	Markus Kuhn[6]
Website	murdoch.is

Education and career

Murdoch was educated at the University of Cambridge completing a PhD on computer security supervised by Markus Kuhn in 2008.^[5] In March 2022, he joined the board of Open Rights Group.^[16][17]

Awards and honours

He is a Fellow of the British Computer Society and Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.^[7] He received the 2008 ERCIM Security and Trust Management Working Group Award for his PhD thesis "Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems".^[18] In 2012 he was appointed as a Royal Society University Research Fellow.^[19]