Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global

by Geoff White

Book Overview

"Brilliantly researched and written."--Jon Snow, Channel 4 News

"A comprehensive and intelligible account of the elusive world of hacking and cybercrime over the last two decades. . . . Lively, insightful, and, often, alarming."--Ewen MacAskill, Guardian

On May 4, 2000, an email that read "kindly check the attached LOVELETTER" was sent from a computer in the Philippines. Attached was a virus, the Love Bug, and within...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789142857
• ISBN13: 9781789142853
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"