About the Author

Patrick Coughlin is a cybersecurity and technology expert with over two decades of hands-on experience at the intersection of technology, intelligence, and security. He has built teams, products and companies to protect governments and Fortune 500 enterprises from the most sophisticated cyber threats. When his mother was targeted with an AI-powered impersonation scam, the threat became personal.

His debut book, Dark Side of the Boom, reveals the human cost of the growing AI-powered scam economy, explores the organized criminal networks and black-market engines that power it and offers clear-eyed strategies for how to better prepare and protect ourselves and our communities.

Patrick is the co-founder and CEO of Savi Security - a consumer tech company that protects families against scams and fraud in the AI era. He is a proud alum of Georgetown, St. Andrews and Stanford. He has strong roots in Kansas City, but now lives with his family in Los Angeles where he is consistently the least interesting person to everybody he meets. It is unlikely this book will change that.

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