Full name: Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who are Bringing Down the Internet

Author: Joseph Menn Year: 2010 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Mystery, Crime Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781586487485 1586487485

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. Similar books: Worm by Mark Bowden Spam Nation by Brian Krebs Kingpin by Kevin Poulsen DarkMarket by Misha Glenny The Fugitive Game by Jonathan Littman @ Large by David H. Freedman The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling Masters of Deception by Michelle Slatalla Cyberpunk by Katie Hafner The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books by Martin Edwards Gangs by Tony Thompson Codes of the Underworld by Diego Gambetta How to Cheat at Everything by Simon Lovell Who Killed Roger Ackroyd? by Pierre Bayard Agatha Christie's True Crime Inspirations by Mike Holgate The Innocent Man by John Grisham Pimp by Iceberg Slim Small Sacrifices by Ann Rule The Corner by David Simon I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara