Eric Michaud is an expert in physical and cybersecurity with over 18 years experience. He has spoken at numerous conferences around the world, and his skill at opening impossible-to-pick locks earned him a place in locksport history with the “Michaud Attack.” He co-founded and served on the board of directors for The Open Organisation of Lockpickers and is referenced widely in academic papers, talks, and books including _Open in Thirty Seconds: Cracking One of the Most Secure Locks in America_ and _No Tech Hacking: A Guide to Social Engineering, Dumpster Diving, and Shoulder Surfing. He was a computer and physical security analyst at Argonne National Laboratory, where he worked on nuclear security, counter proliferation tools development, and voting machine security.

Currently he is the co-founder/partner of Unciphered.com the worlds first Institutional Cryptocurrency Rescue company developing full chain attack tools to reliably recover clients lost cryptocurrency in software wallets and encrypted hardware devices.