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murderpigeonsgobump's review
2.0
This was extremely well written and researched, it was just very much a book I made myself read on a topic I have little to no interest in. So while I definitely learned things this was very hard to get through.
gabipowell's review
5.0
A semester-long coding course met my childhood love for spies created my gateway to a fascination in the intricacies and happenings of cyber crime.
What this book accomplishes, is bringing someone like me, a tourist, into the gated community of a complicated topic — a rarity for books in this subject realm. The Ransomware Hunting Team was a perfect balance of technical and profile — adding dimension to the characters behind the screen.
What this book accomplishes, is bringing someone like me, a tourist, into the gated community of a complicated topic — a rarity for books in this subject realm. The Ransomware Hunting Team was a perfect balance of technical and profile — adding dimension to the characters behind the screen.
prettynerdy's review
4.0
It was a fun book and so interesting to hear about the world of cybersecurity and modern day heroes. My only issue is the book never seem to have a clear direction outside of temporal. There is no clear rise and fall of a plot.
imbrenda's review
2.0
Some good stuff for folks wanting insight into modern history of ransomware, but way too much fluff. Also clearly written by journalists in that they cannot even write about cybersecurity without nonsensically frothing at the mouth about every left wing bugaboo, establishing that every "good guy" in the story voted for Hillary, and going on absurd nonsequiters about how the most milquetoat conservative opinions are violent extremism. You can probably cut this down to a hundred pages if you want interesting insights about ransomware.
benrogerswpg's review
Ooops, Your Files Have Been Encrypted!
If the above statement gives you technological PTSD, well strap in...
This was an impressive book detailing the team's relentless pursuit to uncover the codes to unlock people's computers from ransomware attacks.
I loved how the book shed light on their philanthropy and how they solved big problems for big companies.
As a journalist, the author's verbose writing style made it news-worthy and provided great detail, although I found it to be a bit lengthy.
It was fascinating to learn about services and websites that I have visited in the past a few times - heavily featured in this book was Bleeping Computer.
This book is an exceptional read for anyone interested in cybersecurity and cryptography.
Overall, a highly recommended book that will leave you thinking about the importance of cybersecurity in today's digital age.
4.2/5
If the above statement gives you technological PTSD, well strap in...
This was an impressive book detailing the team's relentless pursuit to uncover the codes to unlock people's computers from ransomware attacks.
I loved how the book shed light on their philanthropy and how they solved big problems for big companies.
As a journalist, the author's verbose writing style made it news-worthy and provided great detail, although I found it to be a bit lengthy.
It was fascinating to learn about services and websites that I have visited in the past a few times - heavily featured in this book was Bleeping Computer.
This book is an exceptional read for anyone interested in cybersecurity and cryptography.
Overall, a highly recommended book that will leave you thinking about the importance of cybersecurity in today's digital age.
4.2/5