SELECTED LONGFORM FEATURES
The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin
Interdimensional travel, sex with aliens, communion with God. Anything is possible with just a sprinkle of DMT. Akasha Song’s secret labs made millions of doses—and dollars—until the feds showed up. (2025)
Inside A Crypto Crimefighter’s Descent Into Nigerian Prison
Former IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations. Then he got trapped between the world’s biggest crypto exchange and a government determined to make it pay. (2025)
The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real
The inside story of the teenager whose “swatting” calls sent armed police racing into hundreds of schools nationwide—and the private detective who tracked him down. (2025)
(With Dhruv Mehrotra)
Signal is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong
As the encrypted messaging platform turns ten years old, its president Meredith Whittaker is aiming to make it everything Silicon Valley is not. (2024)
The Mirai Confessions
Three Young Hackers Who Built a Web-Killing Monster Finally Tell Their Story (2023)
The Hunt for The Dark Web’s Biggest Kingpin
The rise and fall of AlphaBay, the biggest online crime and drug market in history. (2022)
(Six-part series excerpted from TRACERS IN THE DARK)
The Crypto Trap
Inside the Bitcoin Bust That Took Down the Biggest Child Abuse Website in History (2022)
(Excerpt from TRACERS IN THE DARK)
They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War
How one couple built a device to fix McDonald’s notoriously broken soft-serve machines—and how the fast-food giant froze them out. (2021)
The Confessions of the Hacker Who Saved the Internet
At 22, he single-handedly put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI. This is his untold story. (2020)
The Untold Story of the 2018 Olympic Cyberattack, the Most Deceptive Hack in History
How digital detectives unraveled the mystery of Olympic Destroyer—and why the next big attack will be even harder to crack. (2019)
(Excerpt from SANDWORM)
To Be An Animal
Meet the Activists Risking Prison to Film VR in Factory Farms (2019)
The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History (2018)
(Excerpt from SANDWORM)
Cody Wilson makes digital files that let anyone 3-D print untraceable guns. The government tried to stop him. He sued—and won. (2018)
Russia’s Cyberwar in Ukraine is a Blueprint for What’s to Come (2017)
A global vulnerability in keycard locks was a security disaster—and the opportunity of a lifetime for one burglar. (2017)
Meet Moxie Marlinspike, the Cypherpunk Bringing Encryption to All of Us (2016)
How a pair of hackers cracked the connected car, and turned the auto industry upside down. (2015)
I Made an Untraceable AR-15 in My Office—and It Was Easy (2015)
Smuggling Freedom into North Korea, One USB Drive at a Time (2015)
Two crypto-anarchists’ quest to create ungovernable weapons, untouchable black markets, and untraceable money. (2014)
My Hunt For Bitcoin's Creator Led To A Paralyzed Crypto Genius (2014)
Meet The Dread Pirate Roberts, The Man Behind Booming Black Market Drug Website Silk Road (2013)
How A 'Deviant' Philosopher Built Palantir, A CIA-Funded Data-Mining Juggernaut (2013)
(With Ryan Mac)
The FBI executed his last business. But his new startup--with three million users in three months--won't be so easy to kill. (2013)
Testfiring the World’s First 3D-Printed Gun (2013)
WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Wants to Spill Your Corporate Secrets. (2010)
