Book Review: Crime Dot Com, From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global
I had the great delight of reading Geoff White’s new book, “ Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global ”, I thoroughly recommend it. The book is superbly researched and written, the author’s storytelling investigative journalist style not only lifts the lid on the murky underground world of cybercrime but shines a light on the ingenuity, persistence and ever-increasing global scale of sophisticated cybercriminal enterprises. Crime Dot Com: From Viruses to Vote Rigging, How Hacking Went Global In Crime Dot Com Geoff takes the reader on a global historic tour of the shadowy cybercriminal underworld, from the humble beginnings with a rare interview with the elusive creator of the ‘Love Bug’ email worm, which caused havoc and panic back in 2000, right up to the modern-day alarming phenomenal of elections hacking by nation-state actors. The book tells the tales of the most notorious hacks in recent history, explaining how they were successfully planned a...