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Ransom War: How Cyber Crime Became a Threat to National Security

Smeets, Max

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This timely book explores the alarming rise of ransomware: malicious software blocking users from their systems or data, until they've paid money to regain access or to prevent the release of sensitive information. High-profile British examples of the twenty-first century have targeted national libraries and healthcare organizations; in the US, hackers of Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley Health Network held patient data hostage--when their demands went unmet, they published topless photographs of women with breast cancer.

The issue presents formidable challenges and costs for businesses, national security and, as the Pennsylvania case showed, individuals--often society's most vulnerable. But we can watch and learn from cyber extortionists, leaving us better prepared for next time. In 2022, a series of devastating ransomware attacks prompted Costa Rica's President to declare a national emergency, describing a 'state of war'. This episode had much to tell us about how these networks arise, operate, organize--and collapse.

Max Smeets' landmark study demystifies the ransomware playbook, from funding to networking. Through one of the largest ransomware operations on record, he reveals how this challenge has evolved, how it differs in substance and style from traditional cyber/hacking threats, and how to combat it.

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Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PR

Bisac Major Subject

Computers

Binding Type

Hardcover

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Length

8.56 Inches

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EAN

Width

5.77 Inches

Publication Date

1970-01-01

Height

1.14 Inches

ISBN 10

0197803032

Weight

1.13 Pounds

Book EAN

9780197803035

Target Audiance

Adults

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Ransom War: How Cyber Crime Became a Threat to National Security