| Description |
xxvii, 491 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-471) and index. |
| Summary |
Filled with spies, hackers, arms dealers, and a few unsung heroes, written like a thriller and a reference, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends is an astonishing feat of journalism. Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, The New York Times reporter Nicole Perlroth lifts the curtain on a market in shadow, revealing the urgent threat faced by us all if we cannot bring the global cyber arms race to heel. |
| Contents |
Part I: mission impossible. Closet of secrets ; The fucking salmon -- Part II: the capitalists. The cowboy ; The first broker ; Zero-day Charlie -- Part III: the spies. Project Gunman ; The godfather ; The omnivore ; The rubicon ; The factory -- Part IV: the mercenaries. The Kurd ; Dirty business ; Guns for hire -- Part V: the resistance. Aurora ; Bounty hunters ; Going dark -- Part VI: the twister. Cyber gauchos ; Perfect storm ; The grid -- Part VII: boomerang. The Russians are coming ; The shadow brokers ; The attacks ; The backyard. |
| Subject |
Computer security -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Data protection -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Internet -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Cyberspace operations (Military science)
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Cyberterrorism.
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Computer crimes.
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Computer crimes -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9781635576054 (hardcover) |
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1635576059 (hardcover) |
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