Traces Of Guilt - Hardcover

Barrett, Neil

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593051866 ISBN 13: 9780593051863

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2004

Synopsis

Neil Barrett is one of the UK's leading experts on computer crime. An ex-hacker himself, he has been brought in to advise the police on a number of high profile cases, and as a security consultant has helped some of the world's largest companies protect themselves from high-tech attack. In TRACES OF GUILT he takes the reader into the dimly-lit world of the computer criminal and guides us through some of the high profile cases he has worked on - from Gary Glitter's conviction as a paedophile through cases of hacking and fraud to rape and, even, murder. Nearly every week the headlines of national newspapers shout allegations about the latest credit card fraud, internet paedophile, or major corporation whose computers have been hacked. But what people may not realise is that the nature of computer crime is changing. In the same way that all of us use computers increasingly in our business and personal lives, so too are criminals using computers, not just to commit high-tech offences, but to plan, research and co-ordinate a wide variety of crimes. The role computers play in crime, and in particular the detection and prosecution of crime has never as been as significant as it is toda

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Neil Barrett is one of the UK's leading experts on computer crime. An ex-hacker himself, he has been brought in to advise the police on a number of high profile cases, and as a security consultant has helped some of the world's largest companies protect themselves from high-tech attack. In TRACES OF GUILT he takes the reader into the dimly-lit world of the computer criminal and guides us through some of the high profile cases he has worked on - from Gary Glitter's conviction as a paedophile through cases of hacking and fraud to rape and, even, murder. Nearly every week the headlines of national newspapers shout allegations about the latest credit card fraud, internet paedophile, or major corporation whose computers have been hacked. But what people may not realise is that the nature of computer crime is changing. In the same way that all of us use computers increasingly in our business and personal lives, so too are criminals using computers, not just to commit high-tech offences, but to plan, research and co-ordinate a wide variety of crimes. The role computers play in crime, and in particular the detection and prosecution of crime has never been as significant as it is today. In a gripping true-life detective story Neil Barrett guides us into a world where the seemingly innocuous computer screen can provide a window into the mind of even the most hardened criminal. It is a world where hackers pit their wits, man to man, with the police experts. It is the cutting edge of modern crime and a world where the digital detective is the latest and best weapon in the police arsenal.

From the Back Cover

'The view swung easily and smoothly, showing that the front door hadn't been forced, showing the scuffing of the carpet, the first flecks of blood at the top of the stairs. It shifted to a child's bedroom, lingering for a moment on stuffed toys before moving on. Then, an unseen hand must have pushed open the master-bedroom door. Her blood had soaked the bed brown-black. Not a pool, but a complete colour dip for the crumpled sheets and bedding on which the woman had been left, face-down. . . .

The police had twenty-four hours in which to interview the suspect and establish a good reason, if one existed, to charge him with the murder. The interviews make fascinating reading, as the officers grow increasingly frustrated at his obstinacy and at the near-perfect quality of his alibi. Then the police realize that there is a source of potentially new and interesting evidence available to them: a computer that has been seized from the suspect's house. . .'

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593051866
• ISBN 13: 9780593051863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272