Cyberwars - Softcover

Guisnel, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738202606 ISBN 13: 9780738202600

Publisher: Basic Books, 1999

Synopsis

Cyberwars A revealing account of how the Internet has become a powerful new tool for spying by governments and private industry.

About this title

Synopsis:

A revealing account of how the Internet has become a powerful new tool for spying by governments and private industry.. To some a brand-new forum for the freedom of speech, the Internet is also the most up-to-date way to gather intelligence. Brilliant hackers like Kevin Mitnikmodern-day piratespose real security threats to government and industry. Cyberwars explores a dangerous new world where international terrorists plot their attacks and are tracked by secret service organizations on-line, drug traffickers do business and launder money, and electronic economic espionage is the order of the day. Examining efforts to police on-line communication and content, Guisnel assesses the implications of pervasive surveillance for the inherently democratic medium of the Internet. As these issues are the focus of ongoing debates in government and the private sector, Cyberwars couldnt be more timely.

About the Author:

Jean Guisnel is the author of several books in French on the intelligence community. A well-known French journalist, he has been defence-issues specialist for the French daily Liberation and is currently a reporter for the major news magazine Le Point.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0738202606
• ISBN 13: 9780738202600
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296