Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet

In 2004, a California computer whiz named Barrett Lyon uncovered the identity of a hacker running major...
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Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet by Menn, Joseph

Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet

$36.56

Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet

$36.56
Author: Joseph Menn
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In 2004, a California computer whiz named Barrett Lyon uncovered the identity of a hacker running major assaults on business websites. Without fully grasping the repercussions, he set on an investigation that led him into the heart of the Russian mob. Cybercrime was evolving. No longer the domain of small-time thieves, it had been discovered by sophisticated gangs. They began by attacking corporate websites but increasingly stole financial data from consumers and defense secrets from governments.

While Barrett investigated the cutting edge of technology crime, the U.S. government struggled to catch up. Britain, however, was a different story. In the late 1990s, the Queen herself had declared safe e-commerce a national security priority. Agents from the London-based National Hi-Tech Crime Unit sought out Barrett and enlisted his help. They also sent detective Andrew Crocker, a Welsh former boxer, to Russia to track down and prosecute the hackers -- and to find out who they worked for.

Fatal System Error penetrates both the Russian cyber-mob and the American mafia as the two fight over the Internet's massive spoils. It takes readers into the murky hacker underground, traveling the globe from San Francisco to Costa Rica, London, and Russia. Using unprecedented access to mob businesses and Russian officials, it shows how top criminals earned protection from the Russian government -- and how Barrett Lyon and Andrew Crocker got closer to the titans of the underground economy than any previous outsider. Together, their stories explain why cybercrime is much worse than you thought -- and why the Internet might not survive.

Author: Joseph Menn
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 10/26/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781586489076

About the Author
An investigative reporter for Reuters, Joseph Menn is the longest serving and most respected mainstream journalist on cyber security. He has won three Best in Business awards from the Society of American Business Editors & Writers and been a finalist for three Gerald Loeb Awards. His Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords who are Bringing Down the Internet exposed the Russian government's collaboration with organized criminal hackers and was named one of the 10 best nonfiction books of 2010 by Hudson Booksellers.

He also wrote the definitive All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster, an Investigative Reports & Editors Inc. finalist for book of the year. He previously worked for the Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, and Bloomberg and has spoken at conferences including Def Con, Black Hat, and RSA. He grew up near Boston and lives in San Francisco.

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