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[ GENERAL COUNSEL // LAW PROFESSOR // CYBERSECURITY SPECIALIST // WRITER // MEDIA PERSONALITY // HACKER ]

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NAME: Alexander Urbelis

ENS: urbelis.eth

LOCATION: New York / London

AFFILIATION: Ethereum Name Service / King's College London

SPECIALTY: Cybersecurity / Web3 / Crypto

EXPERIENCE: Lawyer-CISO (Rare Dual Expertise)

■ CURRENT_POSITIONS.DAT
  • General Counsel & CISO
    Ethereum Name Service (ENS)
  • Visiting Professor of Law
    The Dickson Poon School of Law
    King's College London
■ EXPERTISE_MATRIX.SYS
  • Cybersecurity & Threat Intel
  • Digital Assets & Web3
  • Blockchain Technology
  • National Security Law
  • Freedom of Speech
  • DNS Monitoring & Analysis
  • Internet Governance
■ EDUCATION.DAT - ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

BCL (Bachelor of Civil Law)

New College, University of Oxford

Editor, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal

JD (Juris Doctor)

Vermont Law School, 2005

Magna Cum Laude
Technology Editor, Vermont Law Review

BA (Philosophy)

Stony Brook University

Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

■ CAREER_HISTORY.LOG - [25+ YEARS IN INFOSEC]
General Counsel & Chief Information Security Officer - Ethereum Name Service
Leading legal and security operations for the decentralized naming protocol
Chief Information Security Officer - National Football League (NFL)
Managed global cybersecurity strategy, incident response, and cyber risk for one of the world's most valuable sports organizations
Chief Compliance Officer - Richemont
Oversaw compliance operations for the luxury goods conglomerate
Attorney - Crowell & Moring LLP
AmLaw 100 firm - Cybersecurity, blockchain, crypto, and litigation practice
Partner - Blackstone Law Group LLP
Founder of boutique cybersecurity firm and architect of threat intelligence platform
Attorney - Steptoe & Johnson LLP
AmLaw 100 firm - Litigation and cybersecurity practice
Law Clerk - U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Clerked for Chief Judge Andrew Effron
Graduate Fellow, Office of General Counsel - Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Legal fellowship in intelligence community
Research Associate - Institute for Security Technology Studies, Dartmouth College
Cybersecurity research and policy
Judge Advocate General's Corps - U.S. Army
Summer Legal Intern
■ CRITICAL_ALERT.LOG - MARCH 2020 WHO CYBER INTRUSION

▶ Made international headlines for detecting and neutralizing a state-sponsored cyber intrusion targeting the World Health Organization during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Architect of an award-winning DNS monitoring and cyber threat intelligence platform designed to detect indicators of cyber attacks, counterfeiting, and malicious activities.

Selected as finalist for Financial Times' Innovative Lawyers Awards 2020 for efforts with DHS to identify pandemic-related fraud and misinformation using DNS-based threat intelligence.

■ PRO_BONO_PUBLIC_SERVICE_AND_ADVISORY.DAT
  • Representing ICE detainees in habeas corpus proceedings
  • Supreme Court representation of U.S. service members and civilians captured during Gulf War I and tortured by Iraqi Intelligence Service
  • Extensive litigation in NYC housing court on behalf of indigent tenants
  • The re_direct Project - Board of Directors
  • Human Rights First - Technology Advisory Board
  • SEAL (Security Alliance) for Web3 - Member since 2025
  • UL Research Institute - Operations Advisory Board
  • UL Security Council - Member since 2017
  • Uniform Law Commission - Committee on Cybercrime
  • Uniform Law Commission - Committee on Deep Fakes
  • Society of Professional Investigators
■ SPEAKING_ENGAGEMENTS.LOG - SELECT APPEARANCES
[2025] Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE 16), NYC
"Bridging the Decentralized Gap: Shared Hacker Values, Cypherpunk Roots, and the Future of Blockchains"
[2024] Ethereum Devcon, Bangkok
"ENS War Stories: Securing Web3 from Web2-Based Attacks"
[2024] Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE), NYC
"What's Happening with Appin: Fighting Redacted Reporting & the Censorship of Threat Intelligence"
[2024] Motorola Solutions Data Privacy Week, Chicago
Keynote: "DNS-based Attacks"
[2021] Harvard Club, New York
"New Generic Top-Level Domains – A Practical Guide for Brand Owners"
[2020] New York University
"Cybersecurity Threats to International Governmental Organizations"
[2019] National Intelligence University
"Hunting Threat Actors and Minding Blind Spots"
[2019] Security Industry Association, Cyber: Secured Forum
"Converged Security and the Law"
[2018] NY State Electronic Security Ass'n
Keynote: "Securing an Election in 2018 and Beyond"
[2018] Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE), NYC
"Cybersquatting on the Trump Campaign: A Bizarre Tale of Real Fake News"
[2016] Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) XI
"The Panama Papers and the Law Firm Behind It"
[2010] Center for Terrorism Law
"The Legal and Ethical Limits of Active Defense Cyber Security"
[2005] Vermont Law School
Commencement Speaker, Class of 2005

+ Regular lecturer at King's College London, UL Security Council, Luxury Law Summit, and multiple HOPE conferences

■ PUBLICATIONS.TXT
  • Financial Times
  • CNN
  • The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • The Intercept
  • 2600: The Hacker Quarterly
■ MEDIA_PRESENCE.SYS

Featured in publications such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Reuters, Associated Press, Coindesk, The New Yorker, and many other national and international media outlets

Regular columnist for 2600: The Hacker Quarterly since 2020 - "Artificial Interruption", exploring AI, technology, and society

Co-Host of "Off The Hook" - Hacker-focused radio show on Pacifica Radio's WBAI 99.5fm NYC

Affiliated with the information security community since the mid-1990s

■ RECENT_COVERAGE.LOG - FEATURED IN
■ FEATURED_ARTICLES.DAT - SELECT PUBLICATIONS
■ CONTACT_INFO.DAT - ESTABLISH CONNECTION

EMAIL

alex@urbel.is

alex@urbelis.com

alexander.urbelis@kcl.ac.uk

ENS

urbelis.eth

TWITTER-X

@aurbelis

BLUESKY

@aurbelis

LINKEDIN

Alex Urbelis

ACADEMIC

King's College London

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 ║  "A hacker-lawyer protecting digital infrastructure and human rights since the 90s"   ║
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