Messing With the Enemy

Messing With the Enemy Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News

Hardback (29 May 2018)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"Clint Watts electrified the nation when he testified in front of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election. In Messing with the Enemy, the counterterrorism, cybersecurity, and homeland security expert introduces us to a frightening world in which terrorists and cyber criminals don't hack your computer, they hack your mind. Watts reveals how these malefactors use your social media information and that of your family, friends and colleagues to map your social networks, identify your vulnerabilities, master your fears and harness your preferences. Thanks to the schemes engineered by social media manipulators using you and your information, business executives have coughed up millions in fraudulent wire transfers, seemingly good kids have joined the Islamic State, and staunch anti-communist Reagan Republicans have cheered the Russian government's hacking of a Democratic presidential can

Book information

ISBN: 9780062795984
Publisher: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Imprint: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub date:
DEWEY: 355.343
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: 289
Weight: 1105g
Height: 235mm
Width: 160mm
Spine width: 25mm