Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien"

Synopsis

This Taut, True Thriller Takes A Deep Dive Into A Dark World That Touches Us All, As Seen Through The Brilliant, Breakneck Career Of An Extraordinary Hacker - A Woman Known Only As Alien-- This Taut, True Thriller Dives Into A Dark World That Touches Us All, As Seen Through The Brilliant, Breakneck Career Of An Extraordinary Hacker--a Woman Known Only As Alien. When She Arrived At Mit In The 1990s, Alien Was Quickly Drawn To The School's Tradition Of High Risk Physical Trespassing: The Original 'hacking.' Within A Year, One Of Her Hallmates Was Dead And Two Others Were Arraigned. Alien's Adventures Were Only Just Beginning. After A Stint At The Storied, Secretive Los Alamos National Laboratory, Alien Was Recruited By A Top Cybersecurity Firm Where She Deployed Her Cache Of Virtual Weapons--and The Trespassing And Social Engineering Talents She Had Developed While 'hacking' At Mit. The Company Tested Its Clients' Security By Every Means Possible--not Just Coding, But Donning Disguises And Sneaking Past Guards And Secretaries Into The C Suite. Alien Now Runs A Boutique Hacking Outfit That Caters To Some Of The World's Biggest And Most Vulnerable Institutions--banks, Retailers, Government Agencies. Her Work Combines Devilish Charm, Old School Deception, And Next Generation Spycraft. In [this Book], Cybersecurity Finally Gets The Rich, Character Driven, Fast-paced Treatment It Deserves.--dust Jacket. Preface: The Hacker Next Door -- Part I: Course 19. Inside Out ; The Coffeehouse Club ; Earth To Alien ; A Death In The Family -- Part Ii: In Security. Up All Night ; I Spy ; Wild Wild Web ; A Hackable Heart Transplant -- Part Iii: Agents And Jedis. Capture The Flag ; Check, Please ; Up In The Air ; Europe On Five Hacks A Day -- Part Iv: Owner's Manual. The Bartender ; The Best Around ; Phoning Home -- Epilogue: Fast Forward. Jeremy N. Smith. An Eamon Dolan Book.