Implantable medical devices such as pacemakers can be hacked to deliver a lethal jolt of electricity and a car’s brakes can be disabled at high speed from miles away.

But with greater connections come greater risks. Welcome to the Internet of Things, a living, breathing, global information grid where every physical object will be online. If today’s Internet is the size of a golf ball, tomorrow’s will be the size of the sun. Yet, as ubiquitous as technology seems today, just over the horizon is a tidal wave of scientific progress that will leave our heads spinning. To date, no computer has been created that could not be hacked-a sobering fact given our radical dependence on these machines for everything from our nation’s power grid to air traffic control to financial services. We all know today’s criminals can steal identities, drain online bank accounts, and wipe out computer servers, but that’s just the beginning.

Hackers can activate baby monitors to spy on families, thieves are analyzing social media posts to plot home invasions, and stalkers are exploiting the GPS on smart phones to track their victims’ every move. Technological advances have benefited our world in immeasurable ways, but there is an ominous flip side: our technology can be turned against us. One of the world’s leading authorities on global security, Marc Goodman takes readers deep into the digital underground to expose the alarming ways criminals, corporations, and even countries are using new and emerging technologies against you-and how this makes everyone more vulnerable than ever imagined. ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2015 NEW YORK TIMES and WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER

Future Crimes by Marc Goodman