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Worm: The First Digital World War Main Edition
Author(s): Mark Bowden (Author)
- Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Publication Date: 1 Mar. 2012
- Edition: Main
- Language: English
- Print length: 304 pages
- ISBN-10: 161185606X
- ISBN-13: 9781611856064
Book Description
Worm is the gripping story of the ‘Conficker’ virus- which, since its introduction in November 2008, has infected millions of computers around the world – and the cyber security elites who have joined forces in a high-tech game of cops and robbers to find its creators and defeat them. This dramatic cybercrime story travels from the Ukraine to the United States (and all parts in between) to explore the next frontier in terrorism. It is the story of a dazzling battle of wits over the future of the Internet. In Worm, Mark Bowden delivers an unputdownable account of the ongoing and largely unreported war taking place literally beneath our fingertips.
Editorial Reviews
Review
One of the more reader-friendly examples of recent tech journalism –Scottish Sunday Herald
Even simplified for the lay reader, the elegance and audacity of the sparring between Conficker’s still unknown creators and the “white hats” who set out to thwart them is gripping. But more than that, it tells us something scary about how vulnerable the internet is, and something rather encouraging about how ingeniously and selflessly people can cooperate in its defence. –Guardian
As a writer, Mark Bowden scans the horizon then points to a distant danger the rest of the world cannot yet see… he unscrews the backs of our computers and takes us on a guided tour of the internet where he reveals the chilling extent of its vulnerability. –Scotland on Sunday
About the Author
Mark Bowden is the bestselling author of Killing Pablo (Atlantic 2002), Finders Keepers (Atlantic 2003), Guests of the Ayatollah (Atlantic 2006) and Black Hawk Down, which was made into a successful film by Ridley Scott. Guests of the Ayatollah is his latest book. He is a national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly.
