Akshaya Asokan is a U.K.-based cybersecurity and technology journalist with experience covering nation‑state hacking operations, cyber and tech policy, and emerging cybercrime trends. She previously served as the senior European cybersecurity correspondent for Information Security Media Group’s Global News Desk. Before that, she reported on IT developments for IDG Media and covered artificial intelligence and machine learning for Analytics India Magazine. Earlier in her career, she wrote on sexual and religious minority rights as a reporter for The New Indian Express.