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Crack99 : The Takedown of a $100 Million Chinese Software Pirate by David Locke Hall (2015, Hardcover)
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But who was behind CRACK99, and where were they?. No problem. Aerospace and aviation simulations?. Communications systems designs?. Software for Marine One, the presidential helicopter?. CRACK99 reads like a caper that resonates with every amazing detail.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393249549
ISBN-139780393249545
eBay Product ID (ePID)208672230
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCrack99 : the Takedown of a $100 Million Chinese Software Pirate
Publication Year2015
SubjectEspionage, Maritime History & Piracy, History, Security (National & International), Criminology
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Computers, True Crime, Social Science, History
AuthorDavid Locke Hall
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight18.1 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-022463
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsA gripping and sobering account of the hemorrhage of high-end American computer programs into the Chinese internet black market...A riveting story., A rollicking true tale of high-level undercover cyber espionage in which Hall puts every bit of his extensive experience and investigative skills into catching a cyber-pirate. His stories of teaming with Homeland Security agents to double-cross a Chinese cybercriminal are, in a word, sensational., A quirky tale of international pursuit through a legal labyrinth with unsettling implications regarding proliferation of ominous technologies., A rollicking true tale of high-level undercover cyber espionage in which Hall puts every bit of his extensive experience and investigative skills into catching a cyber-pirate. His stories of teaming with Homeland Security agents to double-cross a Chinese cyber criminal are, in a word, sensational., A gripping and sobering account of the hemorrhage of high-end American computer programs into the Chinese internet black market.... A riveting story.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal364.16/8
SynopsisThe utterly gripping story of the most outrageous case of cyber piracy prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice., Digital pirates, particularly in China, steal and resell hundreds of billions of dollars worth of intellectual property each year. CRACK99 is an edge-of-the-seat account of the United States Justice Department's prosecution of the biggest cybercriminal operation to date. On a cheesy website called CRACK99, Xiang Li sold everything from satellite tracking and aviation simulation to communications systems design software for knock-down prices. When David Locke Hall and his team started buying CRACK99's products, the hunt for this elusive pirate began. After earning Xiang's trust, Hall's team met Xiang on Saipan, where the sting was nearly foiled before Xiang was captured, flown to the US and prosecuted. An eye-opening look at the dark side of cybercrime and the chilling consequences for technology and national security, CRACK99 reads like a caper--only it's true in every riveting detail., A former U.S. Navy intelligence officer, David Locke Hall was a federal prosecutor when a bizarre-sounding website, CRACK99, came to his attention. It looked like Craigslist on acid, but what it sold was anything but amateurish: thousands of high-tech software products used largely by the military, and for mere pennies on the dollar. Want to purchase satellite tracking software? No problem. Aerospace and aviation simulations? No problem. Communications systems designs? No problem. Software for Marine One, the presidential helicopter? No problem. With delivery times and customer service to rival the world's most successful e-tailers, anybody, anywhere--including rogue regimes, terrorists, and countries forbidden from doing business with the United States--had access to these goods for any purpose whatsoever. But who was behind CRACK99, and where were they? The Justice Department discouraged potentially costly, risky cases like this, preferring the low-hanging fruit that scored points from politicians and the public. But Hall and his colleagues were determined to find the culprit. They bought CRACK99's products for delivery in the United States, buying more and more to appeal to the budding entrepreneur in the man they identified as Xiang Li. After winning his confidence, they lured him to Saipan--a U.S. commonwealth territory where Hall's own father had stormed the beaches with the marines during World War II. There they set up an audacious sting that culminated in Xiang Li's capture and imprisonment. The value of the goods offered by CRACK99? A cool $100 million. An eye-opening look at cybercrime and its chilling consequences for national security, CRACK99 reads like a caper that resonates with every amazing detail.
LC Classification NumberHV6773.2.H355 2015
