The Kill Chain

by GJ Scobie

Nation State Adversaries. Advanced Persistent Threats. This is the Digital Dark Age.

Computer hacker, Jacob Anderson, accepts a job in a cyber defence firm, which is due to sign a high-profile government contract. Eager to impress his new employers, he takes on Dark Light, a company that offers a free trial of their anti-threat system. But in his haste, he fails to check their credentials thoroughly...

When he realises Dark Light intend to steal government data, he tries to back out of the deal. But a film from a hotel bedroom during a student hacking competition seven years earlier triggers a sextortion attempt, putting pressure on him to pass control of the network to his adversaries.

Backed into a corner, Jacob reunites the old hacking team from his university days with the intention of taking the Dark Light computers down.

As a target on the Kill Chain, can Jacob maintain his code of ethics while knowingly breaking the law? Or will one last hack allow him to regain control of the security his employers, the government, and his family have entrusted him to protect?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B92TYHYJ
• ISBN13: 9798837147531
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"