CRACK99: The Takedown of a $100 Million Chinese Software Pirate

David Locke Hall

ISBN 10: 0393249549 / ISBN 13: 9780393249545

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2015

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The inside story of the largest digital piracy sting to date. Num Pages: 320 pages, ---. BIC Classification: BTC; UR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 500. . 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780393249545

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Title: CRACK99: The Takedown of a $100 Million ...

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Edition: 1st Edition

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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.

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