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Ghost in the Wires : My Adventures As the World's Most Wanted Hacker by Kevin Mitnick (2011, Hardcover / Hardcover)

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Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker

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In this intriguing, insightful and extremely educational novel, the world's most famous hacker teaches you easy cloaking and counter-measures for citizens and consumers in the age of Big Brother and Big Data (Frank W. Abagnale). Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the world's biggest companies -- and no matter how fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and cellular networks. As the FBI's net finally began to tighten, Mitnick went on the run, engaging in an increasingly sophisticated game of hide-and-seek that escalated through false identities, a host of cities, and plenty of close shaves, to an ultimate showdown with the Feds, who would stop at nothing to bring him down. Ghost in the Wires is a thrilling true story of intrigue, suspense, and unbelievable escapes -- and a portrait of a visionary who forced the authorities to rethink the way they pursued him, and forced companies to rethink the way they protect their most sensitive information. Mitnick manages to make breaking computer code sound as action-packed as robbing a bank. -- NPR

Product Identifiers

PublisherLittle Brown & Company

ISBN-100316037702

ISBN-139780316037709

eBay Product ID (ePID)99590798

Product Key Features

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGhost in the Wires : My Adventures As the World's Most Wanted Hacker

Publication Year2011

SubjectSecurity / General, Security / Networking, Information Technology, Science & Technology

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Computers

AuthorKevin Mitnick

FormatBook, Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.8 in

Item Weight24.4 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-043461

Reviews'Terse and snappy, it reads like Raymond Chandler and provides detailed insight into a time in computer history that already seems quaint. Kevin Mitnick was and is a true Internet pioneer'John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; known as the Thomas Jefferson of cyberspace'Intriguing, insightful and extremely educational into the mind of one who truly mastered the art of social engineering with the use of a computer and modern day technologies'Frank W. Abagnale, author of Catch Me if You Can'At last, America's most famous hacker tells his headline-making story from his own point of view. The result is more than just a meticulous chronicle of Kevin Mitnick's hacks - it's an expose of the invisible bureaucratic machinery underlying nearly every aspect of our lives, and how easily it's subverted by a smooth-taking grifter who sees all the moving parts. A fascinating read'Kevin Poulsen, author of Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion Dollar Cyber Crime Underground, Intriguing, insightful and extremely educational into the mind of one who truly mastered the art of social engineering with the use of a computer and modern day technologies. I strongly believe that one can learn a great deal about protecting themselves once they understand how another one perpetrates the crime.

As Told toSimon, William L.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal364.16

Lc Classification NumberHv6772.M58a3 2011