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Cyberspies : the secret history of surveillance, hacking, and digital espionage / Gordon Corera.

Author/creator Corera, Gordon author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Publication Info New York : Pegasus Books, 2016.
Descriptionxi, 431 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Variant title Cyber spies : the secret history of surveillance, hacking, and digital espionage
Contents Birth -- Marriage -- Into the cold -- Coming of age -- Spy-hunting -- Crypto wars -- Attack -- Enter the KGB -- Out of the cold and into cyberspace -- Titan rain -- In the wires -- Britain and the cyber spies -- Dissent -- Sabotage -- The lights go off -- Rebirth: cables -- Britain -- Exposure -- Epilogue: To infinity and beyond.
Abstract Reveals the history of espionage and its use of and dependency on technology, beginning with the Second World War and continuing through the Cold War and into the present Internet age where hackers and surveillance are commonplace.
Abstract The intertwining forces of computers and espionage are reshaping the entire world: what was once the preserve of a few intelligence agencies now affects us all. BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera's narrative takes us through the Cold War and the birth of the Internet to the present era of hackers and surveillance. The book is rich with historical detail and characters, as well as astonishing revelations about espionage carried out in recent times by the UK, US, and China. Using unique access to the National Security Agency, GCHQ, Chinese officials, and senior executives from some of the most powerful global technology companies, Corera has gathered compelling stories from heads of state, hackers, and spies of all stripes into a groundbreaking exploration of the new space in which the worlds of espionage, diplomacy, international business, science, and technology collide.--Adapted from dust jacket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 393-420) and index.
ISBN9781681771540 hardcover
ISBN1681771543 hardcover
Stock number1406633 QBI

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