Fatal System Error
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| Author | Joseph Menn |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Public Affairs Books |
Publication date | January 26, 2010 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 304 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-58648-748-5 |
Fatal System Error (2010) is a nonfiction work written by Joseph Menn that exposes a story of espionage that penetrates the network of international mobsters and hackers who use the Internet to extort money from businesses, steal from tens of millions of consumers, and attack government networks[1].
Its main characters and heros of the book are Barrett Lyon and Andy Crocker. The book uses the real life account of the capture of cyber criminals Ivan Maksakov, Alexander Petrov, and Denis Stepanov [2] to paint the picture of today's cybercrime landscape.
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References
- ^ "Of Sequels and Cybercrime". The New Yorker.
- ^ Berinato, Scott (2005-05-01). "A Whiz Kid Took On an Extortionist -- and Won". CSO Magazine.