Breaking and Entering

The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien"

von Jeremy N Smith

304 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.This gripping true story of a master hacker reveals:

- Social Engineering: How devilish charm and old-school deception allow a hacker to sneak past guards and secretaries into the C-suite.- MIT Hacking Culture: A deep dive into the world of high-risk physical trespassing—the original “hacking”—from exploring steam tunnels to climbing the Great Dome.- Digital Forensics: A look inside the secretive Los Alamos National Laboratory and top-tier cybersecurity firms where virtual weapons are deployed against the world’s biggest institutions.- A Woman in a Man's World: The character-driven true story of Alien, an extraordinary woman who built a brilliant, breakneck career in the male-dominated fields of technology and spycraft.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Gruppen Frauen und Mädchen
• ISBN: 9780358108504
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.01.2020
• Größe: 198 x 136 mm
• Verlag: HarperCollins