Misha Glenny

Author and journalist

Biography

Misha Glenny is an award-winning writer and broadcaster whose next book DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You on cybercrime and its consequences is now being published in over twenty editions around the world. A former BBC Central Europe Correspondent who covered the revolutions in Eastern Europe and the wars in the former Yugoslavia, Misha has written for most major publications in Europe, the United States and Japan. Misha has received many awards and accolades during his career. His previous book, McMafia: Journey through the Global Criminal Underworld was translated into over 30 languages and short-listed for the FT Business Book of the Year, and the Lionel Gelber Prize for International Affairs. It is currently being developed as a TV series for Working Title films. In January 2012, Misha takes up an appointment as Visiting Professor at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute.

Presentation: DarkMarket: crime@21st.century

Misha Glenny will present some of the findings from his new book, DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You, highlighting the key difficulties in tracking down cybercriminals while also identifying the links between cybercrime, cyber industrial espionage and cyber warfare.

At the same time, Misha will suggest that combatting cyber malfeasance cannot be isolated from other wide-ranging questions regarding the internet, such as anonymity, encryption, intellectual copyright and civil liberties.