Walter O'Brien (born 24 February 1975) is an Irish businessman, information technologist, and media personality who is the founder and CEO of Scorpion Computer Services, Inc. He is also the inspiration for and executive producer of the CBS television series, Scorpion. He is known for claiming one of the highest IQs on record—197—and for claiming to have hacked NASA at age 13. The authenticity of his claims has been the subject of speculation in the press.