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Mike Racic

Managing Director at Knower Tech

Applying cybersecurity and ad fraud expertise to his leadership role at Knower Tech

OperatorNew York, New York, United States13+ years in industry

Last updated May 31, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team · Connections updated May 31, 2026

Bio

Mike Racic is Managing Director at Knower Tech, where he applies deep expertise in digital trust and fraud prevention to his current work. He previously co-founded White Ops (now HUMAN Security) in 2012, helping build it into a leading cybersecurity platform focused on bot fraud detection and prevention across digital advertising ecosystems.

Previous Roles

Co-Founder

White Ops (now HUMAN Security) (2012-2021)

Expertise
Bot Detection and MitigationAd Fraud PreventionCybersecurityDigital TrustProgrammatic Advertising IntegrityThreat IntelligenceAccount Abuse PreventionInvalid Traffic (IVT) Detection
Notable Achievements
  • Co-founded HUMAN Security (White Ops) in 2012, growing it to unicorn status with a valuation exceeding $1 billion
  • Led the takedown of Methbot, one of the largest ad fraud operations in history, in partnership with the FBI
  • Led the takedown of 3ve, a sophisticated botnet responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in ad fraud, in collaboration with Google and the FBI
  • Led the takedown of ICEBUCKET, a large-scale connected TV (CTV) fraud operation
  • Scaled HUMAN Security to verify more than 20 trillion digital interactions per week
Speaking Topics
Bot fraud and invalid traffic in digital advertisingCybersecurity and digital trustThe future of the open internetAd fraud takedowns and law enforcement collaborationProtecting enterprises from sophisticated cyber threats
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