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Tracers in the Dark
- The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency
- Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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Publisher's summary
From the award-winning author of Sandworm comes the propulsive story of a new breed of investigators who have cracked the Bitcoin blockchain, exposing once-anonymous realms of money, drugs, and violence.
“I love the book… It reads like a thriller… These stories are amazing.” (Michael Lewis)
Over the last decade, a single innovation has massively fueled digital black markets: cryptocurrency. Crime lords inhabiting lawless corners of the internet have operated more freely—whether in drug dealing, money laundering, or human trafficking—than their analog counterparts could have ever dreamed of. By transacting not in dollars or pounds but in currencies with anonymous ledgers, overseen by no government, beholden to no bankers, these black marketeers have sought to rob law enforcement of their chief method of cracking down on illicit finance: following the money.
But what if the centerpiece of this dark economy held a secret, fatal flaw? What if their currency wasn’t so cryptic after all? An investigator using the right mixture of technical wizardry, financial forensics, and old-fashioned persistence could uncover an entire world of wrongdoing.
Tracers in the Dark is a story of crime and pursuit unlike any other. With unprecedented access to the major players in federal law enforcement and private industry, veteran cybersecurity reporter Andy Greenberg tells an astonishing saga of criminal empires built and destroyed. He introduces an IRS agent with a defiant streak, a Bitcoin-tracing Danish entrepreneur, and a colorful ensemble of hardboiled agents and prosecutors as they delve deep into the crypto-underworld. The result is a thrilling, globe-spanning story of dirty cops, drug bazaars, trafficking rings, and the biggest takedown of an online narcotics market in the history of the Internet.
Utterly of our time, Tracers in the Dark is a cat-and-mouse story and a tale of a technological one-upmanship. Filled with canny maneuvering and shocking twists, it answers a provocative question: How would some of the world’s most brazen criminals behave if they were sure they could never get caught?
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A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE
“Immensely readable... Greenberg is known for his ability to explain complicated technology in a way anyone can understand, and he doesn’t disappoint when he tackles crypto…. The whole smoky world of crypto starts to open up... [He] takes readers on a romp through some of the most infamous dark web takedowns in recent memory.”—Washington Post
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In this real-life thriller packed with jaw-dropping revelations, award-winning investigative journalist Tom Burgis weaves together stories that reveal a terrifying global web of corruption. Glimpses of this shadowy world have emerged over the years. In Kleptopia, Burgis connects the dots. He follows the dirty money that is flooding the global economy, emboldening dictators, and poisoning democracies. From the Kremlin to Beijing, Harare to Riyadh, Paris to the White House, the trail shows something even more sinister: the thieves are uniting. And the human cost will be great.
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Lazy Journalism in long narrative form
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By: Tom Burgis
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Sandworm
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- Hacks That Shocked the Business World
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- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
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Cyber Wars gives you the dramatic inside stories of some of the world's biggest cyber attacks. These are the game-changing hacks that make organisations around the world tremble and leaders stop and consider just how safe they really are. Charles Arthur provides a gripping account of why each hack happened, what techniques were used, what the consequences were and how they could have been prevented. Cyber attacks are some of the most frightening threats currently facing business leaders, and this book provides a deep insight into understanding how they work.
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For the security professional and average joe
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By: Charles Arthur
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Stealing Your Life
- The Ultimate Identity Theft Prevention Plan
- By: Frank W. Abagnale
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
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Someone in the U.S. is an identity-theft victim every four seconds. It is extremely easy for anyone from anywhere in the world to assume your identity and, in a matter of hours, devastate your life in ways that can take years to recover from. Stealing Your Life is the reference everyone needs, by an unsurpassed authority on the latest identity-theft schemes.
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Want to Be Paranoid?
- By Sheila on 06-05-07
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Spooked
- The Trump Dossier, Black Cube, and the Rise of Private Spies
- By: Barry Meier
- Narrated by: Kerry Shale
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist’s journey into a billon-dollar secret industry that is shaping our world - the booming business of private spying, operatives-for-hire retained by companies, political parties, and the powerful to dig up dirt on their enemies and, if need be, destroy them.
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Spoofed
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By: Barry Meier
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- The True Story of an Elite International Sting
- By: John Shiffman
- Narrated by: David Drummond
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In Operation Shakespeare, investigative journalist John Shiffman traces a high-risk undercover operation launched by an elite undercover Homeland Security unit created to stop the Iranians, Russians, Chinese, Pakistanis, and North Koreans from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons - from wireless IEDs to nuclear bombs.
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under our noses
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This is the story of how I tried to get the Hunter Biden laptop evidence to the authorities.
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Need a tissue?
- By Michael L. Galligan on 12-01-22
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The Secrets of the FBI
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The Secrets of the FBI by New York Times best-selling author Ronald Kessler reveals the FBIs most closely guarded secrets and the secrets of celebrities, politicians, and movie stars uncovered by agents during their investigations.
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Even-handed; an interesting history of the FBI
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Riveting and an essential timely conversation-starter, Nobody's Victim invites listeners to join Carrie on the front lines of the war against sexual violence and privacy violations as she fights for revenge porn and sextortion laws, uncovers major Title IX violations, and sues the hell out of tech companies, schools, and powerful sexual predators. Her battleground is the courtroom; her crusade is to transform clients from victims into warriors.
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Everyone should read this book
- By Alexander on 09-06-19
By: Carrie Goldberg, and others
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Crypto
- How the Code Rebels Beat the Government - Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
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- Narrated by: Rich Miller
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If you've ever made a secure purchase with your credit card over the internet, then you have seen cryptography, or "crypto", in action. From Stephen Levy - the author who made "hackers" a household word - comes this account of a revolution that is already affecting every citizen in the 21st century. Crypto tells the inside story of how a group of "crypto rebels" - nerds and visionaries turned freedom fighters - teamed up with corporate interests to beat Big Brother and ensure our privacy on the internet.
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Wish it could be updated today
- By Chip L. on 05-22-21
By: Steven Levy
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The Grey Men
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- By: Ralph Hope
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By 1990, the Berlin Wall had fallen and the East German state security service folded. During 40 years, they had amassed more than a billion pages in manila files detailing the lives of their citizens. Overnight, almost 100,000 Stasi employees, many of them experienced officers with access to highly personal information, found themselves unemployed. This is the story of what they did next.
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Very Enlightening
- By Katy on 07-09-22
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You Only Have to Be Right Once
- The Unprecedented Rise of the Instant Tech Billionaires
- By: Randall Lane
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Over the last three years, Forbes has published in depth profiles of this new batch of billionaires, including the founders of Spotify, Dropbox, Tumblr, and Twitter. Now, in a compilation introduced and updated by Forbes editor Randall Lane, fans and critics alike will get a comprehensive look at who these super-entrepreneurs are and what they say about their own success and their plans for the future.
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Awesome book!
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Chris & Nancy
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Exploring the steroid-fueled world of professional wrestling, this riveting chronicle lays bare the devastating events that led to the 2007 murder-suicide of Chris Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their seven-year-old son, Daniel.
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The author has an axe to grind.
- By Spicy on 10-05-13
By: Irvin Muchnick
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The Perfect Weapon is the startling inside story of how the rise of cyberweapons transformed geopolitics like nothing since the invention of the atomic bomb. Cheap to acquire, easy to deny, and usable for a variety of malicious purposes, cyber is now the weapon of choice for democracies, dictators, and terrorists. Two presidents - Bush and Obama - drew first blood with Operation Olympic Games, which used malicious code to blow up Iran’s nuclear centrifuges, and yet America proved remarkably unprepared when its own weapons were stolen from its arsenal.
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- Luis S Meza
- 01-24-23
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Tracers in the Dark is a great primer book for blockchain analysis without getting too technical. The storytelling is top notch thanks to the pacing of Ari, who is easy to understand and has an easy voice. Overall I appreciate this book because it has questioned my beliefs on privacy, the power of government, and how the information learned affects my career.
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- Citizen_Four
- 12-07-22
Didn’t want it to end! Reads like you’re watching a movie!
Wow what can I say - this one exceeded my expectations! Not one full moment. Literally. Keeps you hooked from the start, all the way through. Expertly written, expertly read (if you get the Audio), and filled with intensity. Pretty dark at times, especially at the end, but we’ll worth it! I honestly didn’t want this one to end. It’s also written in a way that you don’t have to be technically savvy at all to understand it and follow along. 5/5 all day, and I couldn’t recommend it enough! If you’re on the fence, you’ll be doing yourself a favor by getting it. Get it today! Thanks to the author for an awesome book, and thanks to the narrator - he did a phenomenal job!
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- Dana
- 01-25-23
Important Read
A very interesting and timely book that walks through both the development (and related ethical and privacy concerns) of digital currencies as well as investigative tools used against the dark web platforms that rely on the illusion of anonymity of cryptocurrencies.
Great narration and pacing through some complex story threads also make this a satisfying read.
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- JBF
- 02-24-23
Excellent Overview of Digital Sluthing
A fantastic overview of law enforcement's progress investigating a significant part of the digital criminal economy.
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- Clark
- 05-18-23
Exciting from start to finish
I knew of Bitcoin and heard some of these stories in the news but this book dives into the behind the scenes and very gripping from start to finish. Pretty much a collection of stories but all interconnected. Fascinating read and years of research went into this book. Highly Recommend!
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- nadin6690
- 08-10-23
Fantastic!
Complex yet captivating story, easily digestible by the average person. Truly moving and eye opening!
Great narration.
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- Nomad Sunrise
- 03-04-24
Very well researched and presented
I thought this book was fantastic and provided access to people and events even normal cyber security professionals would never know about. It was well organized and chilling in its implications for criminals and the future impact of the dark web on Society at Large.
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- Gabriel
- 12-25-22
Fantastic storytelling
Andy dives into the world of black markets and cryptocurrency investigations by walking us through some of the biggest cases of the past decade.
Without getting too much in the technical weeds, this one feels like a friend telling you a story over a beer. All with plenty of twists and turns.
If you’ve been following Andy’s work from previous books covering Cypher punks, this one will be a real treat. He pulls apart the aspirations of idealists and lays out the hard reality that the fantasy being sold by the crypto community of privacy is a crock.
Hoping for him to explore more in the future about the balance between needs for privacy and surveillance.
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- Ryan L
- 11-21-22
Bitcoin isn't as private as some think it is
This is a great book from an amazing technology journalist -- specifically covering the tools and procedures used to trace cryptocurrency transactions (e.g. Bitcoin) for law enforcement purposes.
Despite the public protestations of law enforcement (and some Bitcoin advocates) Bitcoin isn't even as private as regular banking systems -- it's a global public transparent ledger of pseudonyms, fully linkable through connections to external systems, patterns, and "metadata" analysis. We're currently living in a privacy dark age valley of "too late for physical bearer assets, too soon for Zero Knowledge online assets". Cryptocurrency has an edge in being permissionless and censorship resistant in many cases, but it's far from private as deployed today.
This book shows through tracing dark net markets participants (Silk Road, AlphaBay, and others), exchanges, and other bitcoin and cryptocurrency transactions what the true state of privacy on the blockchain is. A major element is the founding and history of Chainalysis, one of the first dedicated tracing firms, from the tracing of loss Mt Gox exchange assets, but there's also extensive coverage of various law enforcement agencies and how they use traditional forensic accounting techniques, as well as chain analysis tools and subpoena and other investigatory powers, to find undesirable activity.
It was a little disappointing that de-anonymizing Monero transactions and other more privacy focused transactions wasn't more of a focus, but this is probably not covered as much in open forums.
The book and writing style focuses on personalities and events, rather than technology, so it's approachable and interesting for a general audience, but as an expert in the field (I work for a cryptoasset insurance company and have been involved in anonymous electronic cash since the mid 1990s), it's technically accurate as well.
Strongly recommend.
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- hemc
- 12-05-22
Current and entertaining
Very entertaining and interesting cyber true crime stories all wrapped up into one book! Learned a lot about block chain.
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