| Description |
xii, 292 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"An Eamon Dolan Book." |
| Summary |
"This taut, true thriller takes a deep dive into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career of an extraordinary hacker - a woman known only as Alien"-- Provided by publisher. |
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"This taut, true thriller dives into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career of an extraordinary hacker--a woman known only as Alien. When she arrived at MIT in the 1990s, Alien was quickly drawn to the school's tradition of high risk physical trespassing: the original 'hacking.' Within a year, one of her hallmates was dead and two others were arraigned. Alien's adventures were only just beginning. After a stint at the storied, secretive Los Alamos National Laboratory, Alien was recruited by a top cybersecurity firm where she deployed her cache of virtual weapons--and the trespassing and social engineering talents she had developed while 'hacking' at MIT. The company tested its clients' security by every means possible--not just coding, but donning disguises and sneaking past guards and secretaries into the C suite. Alien now runs a boutique hacking outfit that caters to some of the world's biggest and most vulnerable institutions--banks, retailers, government agencies. Her work combines devilish charm, old school deception, and next generation spycraft. In [this book], cybersecurity finally gets the rich, character driven, fast-paced treatment it deserves."--Dust jacket. |
| Contents |
Preface: The hacker next door -- Part I: Course 19. Inside out ; The coffeehouse club ; Earth to Alien ; A death in the family -- Part II: In security. Up all night ; I spy ; Wild wild web ; A hackable heart transplant -- Part III: Agents and Jedis. Capture the flag ; Check, please ; Up in the air ; Europe on five hacks a day -- Part IV: Owner's manual. The bartender ; The best around ; Phoning home -- Epilogue: Fast forward. |
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Alien (Hacker)
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Hackers -- United States -- Biography.
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Computer security -- United States.
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Computer crimes -- United States.
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COMPUTERS / Security / General.
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TRUE CRIME / Hoaxes & Deceptions.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology.
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Computer crimes. (OCoLC)fst00872063
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Computer security. (OCoLC)fst00872484
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Hackers. (OCoLC)fst00872150
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Smith, Jeremy N. Breaking and entering. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019 9780544911222 (DLC) 2018035206 |
| ISBN |
9780544903210 (hardcover) |
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0544903218 (hardcover) |
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