Dark Market

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Praise for McMafia
'Like a journalistic Indiana Jones he has travelled the world in search of his prey, displaying impressive stamina, intellectual chutzpah and physical bravery on the way This is the most important non-fiction book of the year so far - organised crime's version of Fast Food Nation' Mail on Sunday
'To be regarded as one of the essential non-fiction works of our time. Exhaustively researched and reported, it's sobering in the extreme, but also riveting, filled with exotic locations, staggering facts, acts of incredible, brutality and colourful, if deadly, characters Anyone with even the smallest interest in how the world really works should read this book'
GQ
'This is a big, noble book by a proper reporter who travels the world and gives the Mr Bigs of global crime a poke in the eye uncomfortable but compelling reading You must read it' Literary Review
CURRENT AFFAIRS/ORGANIZED CRIME
The benefits of living in a digital, globalised society are enormous; so... Tovább

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Praise for McMafia
'Like a journalistic Indiana Jones he has travelled the world in search of his prey, displaying impressive stamina, intellectual chutzpah and physical bravery on the way This is the most important non-fiction book of the year so far - organised crime's version of Fast Food Nation' Mail on Sunday
'To be regarded as one of the essential non-fiction works of our time. Exhaustively researched and reported, it's sobering in the extreme, but also riveting, filled with exotic locations, staggering facts, acts of incredible, brutality and colourful, if deadly, characters Anyone with even the smallest interest in how the world really works should read this book'
GQ
'This is a big, noble book by a proper reporter who travels the world and gives the Mr Bigs of global crime a poke in the eye uncomfortable but compelling reading You must read it' Literary Review
CURRENT AFFAIRS/ORGANIZED CRIME
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.
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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 has won several major awards for his work, including 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.
'This extraordinarily powerful book explores the shadowy world of modern crime, how It knows no borders and how impossible It Is to combat. DarkMarket, like McMafia - Glenny's book on the international mafia - demonstrates how utterly we lack the shared supranational tools needed to fight cyber crime and Is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the world we live in.'
Roberto Saviano, author of Gomorrah: Italy's Other Mafia
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