Mat Stanley

Metropolitan Police ServiceDetective Sergeant - Cyber Crime Unit

Mat joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1997 working his way through the CID as a Detective Constable before progressing onto Op Trident, part of the MPS Specialist Organised Crime Command investigating gang related shootings. In 2007 Mat was selected to join the proactive unit of Trident targeting gangs responsible for shootings and violence through the use of covert tactics.

In 2011 Mat joined the Police Central E-Crime Unit (PCeU) and was the officer in the case for Op Westphalian – a high profile investigation into the hacking group LulzSec. In 2017 a museum opened in New York featuring Mat and the LulzSec investigation.

In 2013 Mat was promoted to Detective Sergeant and moved to the Falcon Taskforce which proactively targeted Organised Criminal Networks engaged in Fraud. In 2015 Mat returned back to the Cyber Crime Unit and for the last 18 months has been running the Metropolitan Cyber Crime Units Dark Web team.