Why read Fatal System Error?

Book cover of Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet

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In 2004, a California computer whiz named Barrett Lyon uncovered the identity of a hacker running major assaults on business websites. Without fully grasping the repercussions, he set on an investigation that led him into the heart of the Russian mob. Cybercrime was evolving. No longer the domain of small-time…

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1 author picked Fatal System Error as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Jennifer L. Bayuk

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It is a reporter’s account of a cybersecurity entrepreneur stumbling into criminal and nation-state level cyberattacks, assisting in the investigation, and ultimately becoming a target. The writing is clear and accessible to the non-technical reader but it still conveys a good sense of what it is like to witness and investigate cyber-crime. It is a suspenseful human drama.

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