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The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who are Bringing Down the Internet

PublicAffairs
February 2010
On Sale: January 26, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 1586487485
EAN: 9781586487485
Hardcover
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Joseph Menn

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In this disquieting cyber thriller, Joseph Menn takes
readers into the murky hacker underground, traveling the
globe from San Francisco to Costa Rica and London to
Russia. His guides are California surfer and computer whiz
Barrett Lyon and a fearless British high-tech agent.
Through these heroes, Menn shows the evolution of cyber-
crime from small-time thieving to sophisticated, organized
gangs, who began by attacking corporate websites but
increasingly steal financial data from consumers and
defense secrets from governments. Using unprecedented
access to Mob businesses and Russian officials, the book
reveals how top criminals earned protection from the
Russian government.
Fatal System Error penetrates both the Russian cyber-mob
and La Cosa Nostra as the two fight over the Internet’s
massive spoils. The cloak-and-dagger adventure shows why
cyber-crime is much worse than you thought—and why the
Internet might not survive.