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Beginningin the fall of 1999, a number of Internet-relatedbusinesses and financial institutions in the United States suffered computer intrusions or ""hacks""that originated from Russia. The hackers gained control of the victims' computers, copied and stoleprivate data that included credit card information, and threatened to publish or use the stolen credit cards or inflict damage on the compromised computers unless the victims paid money or gave the hackers a job. Some of the companies gave in and paid off the hackers. Some decided not to. The hackers responded by shutting down parts of their networks and using stolen credit card numbers to orderthousands of dollars' worth of computer equipment.THE LURE is the true, riveting story of how theseRussian hackers, who bragged that the laws in their country offered them no threat, and who mockedthe inability of the FBI to catch them, were caught by an FBI lure designed to appeal to their egosand their greed. The story of the sting operationand subsequent trial is told for the first time here by the Department of Justice's attorney for theprosecution. This fascinating story reads like acrime thriller, but also offers a wealth of information that can be used by IT professionals, business managers, lawyers and academics who wish to learn how to protect systems from abuse, and who wantto respond appropriately to network incidents. They also provide insight into the hacker's world and explain how their own words and actions were used against them in a court of law the evidence provided is in the raw, uncensored words of the hackers themselves. This is a multi-layered true crimestory, a real-life law and order story that explains how hackers and computer thieves operate, how the FBI takes them down, and how the Department ofJustice prosecutes them in the courtroom.
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