Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the Worlds Most Wanted Hacker

In this intriguing, insightful and extremely educational novel, the worlds most famous hacker teaches you easy cloaking and countermeasures for citizens and consumers in the age of Big Brother and Big Data (Frank W. Abagnale).Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer breakin artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the worlds biggest companies and no matter how fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster, sprinting through phone switches, computer systems, and cellular networks. As the FBIs net finally began to tighten, Mitnick went on the run, engaging in an increasingly sophisticated game of hideandseek that escalated through false identities, a host of cities, and plenty of close shaves, to an ultimate showdown with the Feds, who would stop at nothing to bring him down.Ghost in the Wires is a thrilling true story of intrigue, suspense, and unbelievable escapes and a portrait of a visionary who forced the authorities to rethink the way they pursued him, and forced companies to rethink the way they protect their most sensitive information.Mitnick manages to make breaking computer code sound as actionpacked as robbing a bank. NPR