Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground

by Kevin Poulsen

Book Overview

Former hacker Kevin Poulsen has, over the past decade, built a reputation as one of the top investigative reporters on the cybercrime beat. In Kingpin, he pours his unmatched access and expertise into book form for the first time, delivering a gripping cat-and-mouse narrative--and an unprecedented view into the twenty-first century's signature form of organized crime.

The word spread through the hacking underground like some unstoppable new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307588696
• ISBN13: 9780307588692
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"