RiskMandateThe Hacking Games
Based in United Kingdom; at Web Summit Lisbon 2026 as a speaker's company. Public facts only, each with its source.
On this page
| What they do | Turns gamers' and hackers' talent into cybersecurity careers. |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| At Web Summit as | a speaker's company |
| Confirmed for 2026 | Yes: John Madelin (Chief Product Officer) is listed on the LIS26 session page 'The real threat isn’t a nation-state, it’s a teenager.' |
| Website | thehackinggames.com |
| Filed under | Security |
Its flows, and where AI agents are in them
We have not mapped The Hacking Games's flows yet: how work moves through its product, from a request to a result, and at which steps an AI agent acts. We map them only from public pages (its own site and documentation, its talks), each step with its source, and never guess. If you are at The Hacking Games, the quickest way to get this right is to tell us how it works.
Our question for them
As for every company we follow, three questions, not claims. We have not asked The Hacking Games yet. When they answer, it goes here.
- Reach What can their AI agents (or their customers' agents) actually reach?
- Mandate What were they authorised to do?
- Gap Who controls the gap between the two?
Where this comes from
- websummit.com/sessions/lis26/e70c32c5-0639-4bde-b105-f77b39b49419/the…, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 session page (conferenceSlug lis26): 'The real threat isn’t a nation-state, it’s a teenager.', 12 Nov, Cybersecurity Summit, Stage 8, names The Hacking Games as the speaker's organisation.
- websummit.com/attendees/lis26/796b1533-252c-42db-a9ff-badf2bdef3b3/jo…, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: LIS26 attendee page: John Madelin, Chief Product Officer, The Hacking Games; country and industry as listed by Web Summit; public bio.
- thehackinggames.com/, read 2026-11-01 by the team's curator: what the company does, from its own site (title and description).
Re-checked by newsroom@web-summit.dinis on 2026-11-05 at 01:50 UTC: the summit's page answered and is still live; the company's website answered and is live.
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