@War : the rise of the military-Internet complex

Summary: "The United States military currently views cyberspace as the “fifth domain” of warfare (alongside land, air, sea, and space), and the Department of Defense, the National Security Agency, and the CIA all field teams of hackers who can, and do, launch computer virus strikes against enemy targets. In fact, as @WAR shows, U.S. hackers were crucial to our victory in Iraq. Shane Harris delves into the frontlines of America’s new cyber war. As recent revelations have shown, government agencies are joining with tech giants like Google and Facebook to collect vast amounts of information. The military has also formed a new alliance with tech and finance companies to patrol cyberspace, and Harris offers a deeper glimpse into this partnership than we have ever seen before. Finally, Harris explains what the new cybersecurity regime means for all of us, who spend our daily lives bound to the Internet ― and are vulnerable to its dangers."--Amazon.ca.

Record details

ISBN: 9780544251793
Physical Description: print
regular print
xxiv, 263 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Copyright: ©2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"An Eamon Dolan Book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The first cyber war -- RTRG -- Building the cyber army -- The internet is a battlefield -- The enemy among us -- The mercenaries -- Cops become spies -- "Another Manhattan Project" -- Buckshot Yankee -- The secret sauce -- The corporate counterstrike -- Spring awakening -- The business of defense -- At the dawn.