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Breaking and Entering|Jeremy N. Smith
Breaking and Entering : The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called Alien
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Overview

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 Breaking and Entering, cybersecurity finally gets the rich, character-driven, fast-paced treatment it deserves.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780544903210
  • ISBN-10: 0544903218
  • Publisher: Mariner Books
  • Publish Date: January 2019
  • Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Page Count: 304

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