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DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia
Misha Glenny
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Description for DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia
Paperback. We live our lives online - banking, shopping, working, dating - but have we become complacent? This book exposes the shocking truth about what lurks behind our computers: an underground crime network that invades our privacy and threatens our security on a daily basis. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JKV; UD; URD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 314.
We live our lives online – banking, shopping, working, dating – but have we become complacent?
Who's got your money?
We share our personal details, our thoughts and movements with a faceless screen, with no real idea what lies behind it.
Who's got your identity?
DarkMarket exposes the shocking truth about what lurks behind our computers: an underground crime network that invades our privacy and threatens our security on a daily basis.
Who's got your life?
Glenny tracks down the key players – including criminals, national and international security experts, police, crack addicts, the Saudi Royal Family, and most importantly, victims – to reveal the true scale of this new global threat.
Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2012
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099546559
SKU
V9780099546559
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-31
About Misha Glenny
Misha Glenny is a distinguished journalist and historian. As the Central Europe Correspondent first for the Guardian and then for the BBC, he chronicled the collapse of communism and the wars in the former Yugoslavia. He won the Sony Gold Award for outstanding contribution to broadcasting. The author of four books, including the acclaimed McMafia, he has been regularly consulted by the US and European governments on major policy issues and ran an NGO for three years, assisting with the reconstruction of Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo. He now lives in London. website: www.darkmarketinsider.com twitter: @MishaGlenny
Reviews for DarkMarket: How Hackers Became the New Mafia
Eye-popping... A real life crime thriller
Mail on Sunday
A page-turner... This is a gripping tale, brilliantly researched
Sunday Times
Compulsive, thriller-paced reading
Metro
Glenny is skilful at taking a world that might seem impenetrable and esoteric and making it seem human… The story Glenny tells is fascinating
Sunday Telegraph
Like a thriller…gripping
Guardian
Mail on Sunday
A page-turner... This is a gripping tale, brilliantly researched
Sunday Times
Compulsive, thriller-paced reading
Metro
Glenny is skilful at taking a world that might seem impenetrable and esoteric and making it seem human… The story Glenny tells is fascinating
Sunday Telegraph
Like a thriller…gripping
Guardian