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Scott Shapiro describes five major hacks – the most serious of which, the creation of the Mirai botnet, was the work of three young men hoping to make a few quick bucks

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issue 24 June 2023

  • Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age in Five Extraordinary Hacks

    Scott Shapiro

    Allen Lane, pp. 432, £25

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