The World's Most Dangerous Geek: And More True Hacking Stories

Written by David Kushner

Narrated by Nan McNamara

Every day, it seems, we hear stories about hackers. Hackers breaking into the computers of banks, governments, and corporations. Some are criminals, coding to exploit and destroy. Others are activists, using their tools to challenge institutions and fight for freedom. But often these characters linger in the shadows. Who are they? What makes them tick? Are they our allies, or our enemies?





For the past twenty years, author David Kushner has been exploring these questions, interviewing key players, and providing much-needed answers. “The World’s Most Dangerous Geek: And More True Hacking Stories” is a riveting collection of his exclusive reports from the online underworld. We meet a fugitive hacktivist from the notorious collective, Anonymous; a lonely Floridian who hacked the emails of the biggest celebrities in Hollywood; and two artificial intelligence researchers who were both found dead in the same mysterious way.





You will come away from these stories with an appreciation for the awesome power of the Internet both to make fortunes and erase them, to build lives and destroy them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Audiobooks.com Publishing
• Release date: Sep 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781518934995

David Kushner

David Kushner is an award-winning journalist and author. His books include Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture; The Players Ball: A Genius, A Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet’s Rise; and Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America’s Legendary Suburb. He has written for publications including Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, and Outside. His work has been adapted into award-winning films (Zola; Silk Road; Gamechangers), podcasts (Alligator Candy; Cold Truth), and docuseries (The Battle for Justina Pelletier). He teaches journalism at Princeton University and lives in New Jersey.

Reviews for The World's Most Dangerous Geek

[cbf · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Hollywood style stories. This is reality show made from scary “hacking” stories.

This book is shallow and a waste of time.
Isn’t worth the time

[0x000000 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Interesting audiobook to listen while doing something else. Sometimes the chapter seems not very on the point, but none the less interesting stuff.

[David Dietrich · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The stories were interesting, but the narrator’s voice took some getting used to. Her voice reminded me of the people I’ve heard in workplace training videos.

[Umar Carter · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Good topics but poor references to date. I stopped reading it because it had very little references to dates. For example , “In June of THIS year” could have been “June of whatever ‘THIS year’ actually is”. Very frustrating!