The benefits of living in a digital,
globalised society are enormous;
so too are the dangers.

The world has become a law enforcer's
nightmare and every criminal's dream. We
bank online, shop online, date, learn,
work and live online. But have the
institutions that keep us safe on the
streets learned to protect us in the
burgeoning digital world? Have we become
complacent about our personal security –
sharing our thoughts, beliefs and the
details of our daily lives with anyone who
cares to relieve us of them?

In this fascinating and compelling book,
Misha Glenny, author of the international
bestseller McMafia, explores the three
fundamental threats facing us in the 21st
century: cyber crime, cyber warfare and cyber
industrial espionage. Governments and the
private sector are losing billions of dollars
each year, fighting an ever-morphing, often
invisible, often super-smart new breed of
criminal: the hacker.

Glenny has travelled and trawled the world.
And by exploring the rise and fall of the
criminal website DarkMarket, he has
uncovered the most vivid, alarming and
illuminating stories. Whether JiLsi or Matrix,
Iceman, Master Splynter or Lord Cyric;
whether Detective Sergeant Chris Dawson in
Scunthorpe or Agent Keith Mularski in
Pittsburgh, Glenny has tracked down and
interviewed all the players – the criminals,
the geeks, the police, the security experts
and the victims – and he places everyone
and everything in a rich brew of politics,
economics and history.

The result is simply unputdownable.
DarkMarket is authoritative and
completely engrossing. It's a must-read for
everyone who uses a computer: the essential
crime book for our times.

£20.00