Bullseye Breach: Anatomy of an Electronic Break-in
by Greg ScottPublish: Apr 19, 2015Crime FictionBook Overview
Minnesota IT contractor, Jerry Barkley keeps warning businesses that internet attackers want to plunder them by stealing their customers' identities. But while few listen and many wish he would go away, attackers across the planet are marshaling a global underground criminal supply chain in a plot to steal millions of credit card numbers from Bullseye Stores' retail point of sale systems. After Black Friday, 2013, the world will never be the same.A few days into the Christmas shopping season, the attackers have 40 million credit card numbers and millions more flowing to them every day. All that stands in their way is Jerry Barkley and an ad-hoc team in Minneapolis with an audacious plan to fight back. As usual, the good guys are out-numbered and out-gunned. But they can't fail because millions of Americans, who may never know or care, depend on them.
Ripped from recent headlines, this cyberattack tale will send readers to the Gulf of Finland, the back alleys of Belfast, the streets of Tehran, and across the United States and around the world. Because the internet spans the globe and internet criminals don't care about political boundaries.
If data breaches were not routine by now, this story would be unbelievable. Instead, it’s a snapshot of everyday life in today’s interconnected world, and an unforgettable Internet safety education.
