At Large by David H Freedman

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At Large by David H Freedman

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AT LARGE is the astonishing, never-before-revealed tale of perhaps the biggest and certainly the most disturbing computer breach of security to date, with ominous indications of the frightening vulnerability of the global on-line network

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At Large by David H Freedman

For two years a computer break-in artist known only as "Phantom Dialer" seized control of hundreds - perhaps thousands - of computer networks around the world. Frightened network administrators watched helplessly as the intruder methodically slipped into universities, corporations, banks, and military facilities, including top-secret weapons-research sites. Working up to twenty hours a day, Phantom Dialer obsessively broke into one network after another - and no-one knew who he was or what he was after. Was he a spy? Was he laying the groundwork for a single massive theft? As the number of victims mounted, Phantom Dialer became the subject of the first major investigation of the FBI's new computer-crime squad and one of the biggest manhunts in the history of electronic crime. Though it reads like a thriller, AT LARGE is more than just a spellbinding account of one of the stranger episodes of the electronic 1990s. It is also a sharply observed group portrait of the new wired world and an expose of the technical flaws at its very core.
David H.Freedman, editor of INC. TECHNOLOGY and a contributing editor to DISCOVER, is the author of BRAINMAKERS. Charles C. Mann, a contributing editor of THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY and SCIENCE magazine, is the co-author of NOAH'S CHOICE and THE SECOND CREATION.
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ISBN 13 9780684824642
ISBN 10 0684824647
Title At Large
Author David H Freedman
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd
Year published 1998-02-02
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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