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Fatal system error
Fatal System Error (2010) is a book by Joseph Menn, an investigative technology reporter at The Washington Post, and previously with Reuters, the Financial Times and Los Angeles Times. The book investigates the espionage network of international mobsters and hackers who use the Internet to extort money from businesses, steal from tens of millions of consumers, and attack government networks. The main focus of the book is on Barrett Lyon and Andy Crocker and the capture of cybercriminals Ivan Maksakov, Alexander Petrov, and Denis Stepanov.
Article summary
Fatal System Error (2010) is a book by Joseph Menn, an investigative technology reporter at The Washington Post, and previously with Reuters, the Financial Times and Los Angeles Times. The book investigates the espionage network of international mobsters and hackers who use the Internet to extort money from businesses, steal from tens of millions of consumers, and attack government networks. The main focus of the book is on Barrett Lyon and Andy Crocker and the capture of cybercriminals Ivan Maksakov, Alexander Petrov, and Denis Stepanov.
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Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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