Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called "Alien"

By Jeremy N. Smith and Jeremy N. Smith

Book Overview

This taut, true thriller dives into a dark world that touches us all, as seen through the brilliant, breakneck career of an extraordinary hacker--a woman known only as Alien.

When she arrived at MIT in the 1990s, Alien was quickly drawn to the school's tradition of high-risk physical trespassing: the original "hacking." Within a year, one of her hallmates was dead and two others were arraigned. Alien's adventures were only just beginning.

After a stint at the storied, secretive Los Alamos National Laboratory, Alien was recruited by a top cybersecurity firm where she deployed her cache of virtual weapons--and the trespassing and social engineering talents she had developed while "hacking" at MIT. The company tested its clients' security by every means possible--not just coding, but donning disguises and sneaking past guards and secretaries into the C-suite.

Alien now runs a boutique hacking outfit that caters to some of the world's biggest and most vulnerable institutions--banks, retailers, government agencies. Her work combines devilish charm, old-school deception, and next generation spycraft. In Breaking and Entering, cybersecurity finally gets the rich, character-driven, fast-paced treatment it deserves.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544903218
• ISBN13: 9780544903210
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 8.9"