The Dark Side Of The Web

At a flick of a button you can go practically anywhere, speak to anyone, start any business, open a bank account, buy anything, assume any identity, live an idealised life in a virtual world and gain access to a kaleidoscope of information. The web is wunderbar! Isn’t it?

But beneath its surface is a dusky mysterious world of intrigue, deceit, espionage, monsters and super creeps. With terrorist cells, doppelgangers, fraudsters, black hats, viruses, worms, phishes, Trojan horses, governmental and industrial spying all lurking in the shadows.

The cost of cyber crime, hacking and fraud in particular, is estimated at between five and ten billion dollars per year. High-profile hackers appeal to our anti-hero, anti-establishment sensibilities no doubt. Ironically, however, they often end up in top corporate and government jobs – once they have paid their penance of course. Who said crime doesn’t pay?