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Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground Audiobook, by Kevin Poulsen Play Audiobook Sample

Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground Audiobook

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Read By: Eric Michael Summerer Publisher: Tantor Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 5.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 4.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: February 2015 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781494579456

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Total Audiobook Chapters:

38

Longest Chapter Length:

21:59 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

04:06 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

12:51 minutes

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Publisher Description

The word spread through the hacking underground like some unstoppable new virus: Someone—some brilliant, audacious crook—had just staged a hostile takeover of an online criminal network that siphoned billions of dollars from the U.S. economy.

The FBI rushed to launch an ambitious undercover operation aimed at tracking down this new kingpin. Other agencies around the world deployed dozens of moles and double agents. Together, the cybercops lured numerous unsuspecting hackers into their clutches. Yet at every turn, their main quarry displayed an uncanny ability to sniff out their snitches and see through their plots.

The culprit they sought was the most unlikely of criminals: a brilliant programmer with a hippie ethic and a supervillain's double identity. Together with a smooth-talking con artist, he ran a massive real-world crime ring.

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"A compelling ride."

— Kirkus

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  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5 Narration Rating: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 Story Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " 1. Ghost in the wires 2. Spam nation 3. Kingpin (this) 4. Kingpin (silk road story) 5.? "

    — Nickl, 10/17/2017

About Kevin Poulsen

Kevin Poulsen oversees news and feature reporting at wired.com. In 2006 Poulsen conducted a computer-assisted investigation into the presence of registered sex offenders on MySpace, which spawned federal legislation. In June 2010 he and a cowriter broke the news that the government had secretly arrested a young Army intelligence analyst on suspicion of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks.

About Eric Michael Summerer

Eric Michael Summerer is a voice actor and producer who has narrated numerous audiobooks as well as countless instructional recordings and video games. His narrations have earned an Audie Award nomination and won an AudioFile Earphones Award. He also cohosts the popular board-game podcast The Dice Tower.