MARC GOODMAN has spent a career in law enforcement and technology. He was appointed futurist-in-residence with the FBI, worked as a senior adviser to Interpol, and served as a street police officer. As the founder of the Future Crimes Institute and the Chair for Policy, Law, and Ethics at Silicon Valley’s Singularity University, he continues to investigate the intriguing and often terrifying intersection of science and security, uncovering nascent threats and combating the darker sides of technology.
NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
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“In order to be modern, you have to read this book.”
—Steve Martin
“The hacks and heists detailed in Future Crimes are the stuff of
thrillers, but unfortunately, the world of cybercrime is all too
real. There could be no more sure-footed or knowledgeable companion
than Marc Goodman on this guided tour of the underworld of the
Internet. Everyone—and the business world especially—should heed
his advice.”
—Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and To
Sell is Human
“Addictive....Introduces readers to this brave new world of
technology, where robbers have been replaced by hackers, and
victims include nearly anyone on the Web...He presents his myriad
hard-to-imagine cybercrime examples in the kind of matter-of-fact
voice he probably perfected as an investigator. He clearly wants us
never to look at our cellphones or Facebook pages in the same way
again—and in this, Future Crimes succeeds marvelously.”
—The Washington Post
“Excellent and timely...Mr. Goodman is no neo-Luddite. He thinks
innovations could ultimately lead to self-healing computer networks
that detect hackers and automatically make repairs to shut them
out. He rightly urges the private and public sectors to work more
closely together, ‘crowdsourcing’ ideas and know-how…The best time
to start tackling future crimes is now.”
—The Economist
“Future Crimes is a risk compendium for the Information
Age....Exhaustively researched....Fascinating....Thrilling to
read”
—San Francisco Chronicle
"In Future Crimes, Goodman spills out story after story about
how technology has been used for illegal ends...The author ends
with a series of recommendations that, while ambitious, appear
sensible and constructive...Goodman’s most promising idea is the
creation of a “Manhattan Project” for cyber security...[Future
Crimes is] a ride well worth taking if we are to prevent the
worst of his predictions from taking shape."
—Financial Times
"A superb new book."
—The Boston Globe
"You couldn't ask for a better [cyber risk] overview than Future
Crimes."
—Harvard Business Review
"Marc Goodman is a go-to guide for all who want a good scaring
about the dark side of technology."
—New Scientist
"Utterly fascinating stuff...Goodman weds the joy of geeky
technology with the tension of true crime. The future of crime
prevention starts here."
—NPR, San Francisco
"A well-researched whirlwind tour of internet-based crime."
—Science Magazine
"By the middle of the first chapter you’ll be afraid to turn on
your e-reader or laptop, and you’ll be looking with deep suspicion
at your smartphone...[Goodman's] style is breezy but his approach
is relentless, as he leads you from the guts of the Target data
breach to the security vulnerabilities in social media...Mr.
Goodman argues convincingly that we are addressing exponential
growth in risky technologies with thinking that is, at best,
incremental.
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“OMG, this is a wakeup call. The outlaws are running faster than
the architects. Use this book to shake up the companies you buy
from, the device makers, telecom carriers, and governments at all
levels. Demand that they pay attention to the realities of our new
world as outlined within this thorough and deep book. Marc Goodman
will startle you with the ingenuity of the bad guys. I'm a
technological optimist. Now I am an eyes-wide-open optimist.”
—Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired Magazine and
bestselling author of What Technology Wants
"A riveting read."
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, professor of engineering at NYU and New
York Times bestselling author of The Black Swan
“From black ops to rogue bots and everything in between, Future
Crimes is a gripping must-read. Marc Goodman takes
readers on a brilliant, 'behind-the-screens' journey into the
hidden world of 21st century criminal innovation, filled
with one mind-boggling example after another of what’s
coming next. Future Crimes raises tough questions about the
expanding role of technology in our lives and the importance
of managing it for the benefit of all
humanity. Even better, Goodman offers practical
solutions so that we not only survive progress, but thrive
to an extent never previously imagined.”
—Peter H. Diamandis, New York Times bestselling author of
Abundance; CEO, XPRIZE Foundation; Exec. Chairman,
Singularity University
"Future Crimes is the Must Read Book of the Year. Endlessly
fascinating, genuinely instructive, and truly frightening. Be
warned: Once you pick it up, you won't put it down. Super
cool and super interesting."
—Christopher Reich, New York Times bestselling author
“Technology has always been a double edged sword—fire kept us warm
and cooked our food but also burned down our villages. Marc
Goodman provides a deeply insightful view into our twenty-first
century’s fires. His philosophy matches my own: apply the
promise of exponentially growing information technologies to
overcome age old challenges of humankind while at the same time
understand and contain the perils. This book provides a
compelling roadmap to do just that.”
—Ray Kurzweil, inventor, author and futurist
“Much has been discussed regarding today’s cybercrime threats as
well as the cybercriminals’ modus operandi. What is lacking,
however, is what we can do about them. Mr. Marc Goodman’s book
Future Crimes brings our global dialogue on safety and security to
the next level by exploring how potential criminals are exploiting
new and emerging technologies for their nefarious purposes.
It provides a futuristic perspective grounded on current case
studies. Future Crime is an essential read for law enforcers,
corporations and the community alike. It offers answers beyond what
comes next to what we can do, both individually and collectively,
to secure ourselves and our communities.”
—Khoo Boon Hui, former President of Interpol
"A tour de force of insight and foresight. Never before has
somebody so masterfully researched and presented the frightening
extent to which current and emerging technologies are harming
national security, putting people’s lives at risk, eroding privacy,
and even altering our perceptions of reality. Future Crimes paints
a sobering picture of how rapidly evolving threats to technology
can lead to disasters that replicate around the world at machine
speed. Goodman clearly demonstrates that we are following a failed
cybersecurity strategy that requires new thinking rather than
simply more frameworks, more information sharing, and more money.
Read this now, and then get angry that we really haven’t
taken the technology threat seriously. If the right people
read Goodman’s book and take action, it might just save the
world."
—Steven Chabinsky, former Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’s
Cyber Division
"As with Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything and Robert
Whitaker’s Anatomy of an Epidemic, Future Crimes deserves a
prominent place in our front-line library. Goodman takes us behind
the computer screen to a dark world where Crime Inc. flourishes at
our expense. When the criminal mind conceives “what if” it is only
a matter of time before its dream becomes our nightmare. Goodman
urges us to take responsibility for this new world we are speeding
towards. If we don’t perhaps the greater crime will be ours."
—Ed Burns, co-creator of The Wire
“This is a fantastic book and one that should be read by
every cyber crime fighter. Technology breeds crime...it
always has and always will. Unfortunately, there will always
be people willing to use technology in a negative self serving
way. Your only defense is the most powerful tool available to
you—education. Read Future Crimes and understand your risks and how
to combat them. The question I am most often asked in my
lectures is, ‘What’s the next big crime?’ The answer is in
this book.”
—Frank Abagnale, New York Times bestselling author of Catch Me If
You Can and Stealing Your Life
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