Crack99: The Takedown of a $100 Million Chinese Software Pirate - Hardcover

David Locke Hall

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393249549 ISBN 13: 9780393249545

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2015

Synopsis

Hundreds of billions of dollars: that's how much digital pirates overseas, particularly in China, steal and resell in American intellectual property each year. CRACK99 is an edge-of- the-seat account of the 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 mere pennies on the dollar. When federal prosecutor and former U.S. Navy intelligence officer 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 meets Xiang on Saipan, where the sting is nearly foiled before Xiang is captured, flown to the United States, and prosecuted. An eye-opening look at the dark side of cybercrime and the chilling consequences for US technology and our national security, CRACK99 reads like a caper-only it's true in every riveting detail.

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Review

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.-- Retired FBI Special Agent Robert K. Wittman, author of Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures; A gripping and sobering account of the hemorrhage of high-end American computer programs into the Chinese internet black market... A riveting story.-- Dennis Blair, former Director of National Intelligence and Co-chairman, Commission on Intellectual Property Commission; A super-charged, electrifying story. CRACK99 reads like a bestselling thriller! --Brad Thor, New York Times bestselling author of Code of Conduct

About the Author

David Locke Hall was a federal prosecutor for twenty-three years. He served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve for thirty years, retiring with the rank of captain. He lives near Philadelphia, where he works in private practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0393249549
• ISBN 13: 9780393249545
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 336