Cyber spies
Subtitle: the secret history of surveillance, hacking, and digital espionage
By: Gordon Corera
Contributors: Corera, Gordon
Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition, American edition.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9781681771540
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Computer crimes; Prevention; Internet in espionage; Computer networks; Security measures; Data protection
Other titles: Cyberspies
Description: 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.
Notes: Originally published under the title: Intercept: the secret history of computers & spies. London: Weidenfield & Nicolson, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-420) and index.
Table of contents: title: Birth; title: Marriage; title: Into the cold; title: Coming of age; title: Spy-hunting; title: Crypto wars; title: Attack; title: Enter the KGB; title: Out of the cold and into cyberspace; title: Titan rain; title: In the wires; title: Britain and the cyber spies; title: Dissent; title: Sabotage; title: The lights go off; title: Rebirth: cables; title: Britain; title: Exposure; title: Epilogue: To infinity and beyond.