Welcome To The Golden Age of Cyber Piracy

Piracy then and now

Grant Piper
Geek Culture
Published in
5 min readJun 2, 2021

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Modern society has had a long love affair with the Golden Age of Piracy. From Treasure Island to Pirates of the Caribbean we have taken a highly romanticized view of a dark time for commerce. Piracy was ugly, it was violent and it was unfair. Today’s piracy is different in its methodology but the goal is the same: take money from easy targets.

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Grant Piper
Geek Culture

Professional writer. Amateur historian. Husband, father, Christian.