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.
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