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The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime

The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime

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  • Create Date：2022-10-21 09:21:43
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
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  • Author：Renee Dudley
  • ISBN：B09NTKJLDQ
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Reviews

Carin ，

This book haunted my dreams。 I was about to type that it’s not a horror book， but I guess that depends on your definition of horror。Ransomware has started happening everywhere all the time to cities and companies big and small。 It’s crazy lucrative， and also it’s crazy how many places are still vulnerable despite seeing these stories for years。 （Everyone！ When your computer says you need to reboot for updates， do it！ Now！ That’s almost always a security patch。） It’s happened to Atlanta and Balti This book haunted my dreams。 I was about to type that it’s not a horror book， but I guess that depends on your definition of horror。Ransomware has started happening everywhere all the time to cities and companies big and small。 It’s crazy lucrative， and also it’s crazy how many places are still vulnerable despite seeing these stories for years。 （Everyone！ When your computer says you need to reboot for updates， do it！ Now！ That’s almost always a security patch。） It’s happened to Atlanta and Baltimore， It’s happened to individuals and to major hospital systems。 It’s happened to companies that should know better， and companies that are good at hiding it from the general public， so you don’t even know that your data was compromised。 Should you pay the ransom？ Many say that just encourages the perpetrators。 But if it’s taxpayer money and will cost ten times more （and months of no service） to rebuild， is that the right thing to do？Ms。 Dudley and Mr。 Golden do a terrific job here of making these stories very real and relatable。 And mostly they do that through this Team that they profile–a dozen or so people （all men but one） around the globe who work on breaking ransomware in the free time， for free， so people don’t have to pay ransoms and can get their data back。 The good guys， yay！ Along the way they tell us about the very first ransomware， about how the technology grows and morphs， about the FBI trying to handle it （and how the Netherlands’ equivalent service gets it right）， and the various characters involved。 It’s frustrating， scary， and compelling。 I couldn’t put it down， and I am really worried about this for our future。 The Russians and North Koreans and various Middle Eastern companies are particularly frightening。 Be afraid。 Be very afraid。 And read this book。 。。。more

Micah Cummins ，

I had the pleasure to review this book for Open Letters Review。 My review can be read here: https://openlettersreview。com/posts/t。。。 I had the pleasure to review this book for Open Letters Review。 My review can be read here: https://openlettersreview。com/posts/t。。。 。。。more

Eshen ，

I was provided a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for a review。 While it took me over a month to read this book， I really quite enjoyed it。 I don’t usually read non-fiction， but I found this captivating。 I am interested in the tech world， but have never explored the ransomware world and I feel as if this book was a wonderful introduction。 It explained dense concepts in a way that I think anyone could understand， without having any previous interaction with ransomware。 I appreciated h I was provided a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for a review。 While it took me over a month to read this book， I really quite enjoyed it。 I don’t usually read non-fiction， but I found this captivating。 I am interested in the tech world， but have never explored the ransomware world and I feel as if this book was a wonderful introduction。 It explained dense concepts in a way that I think anyone could understand， without having any previous interaction with ransomware。 I appreciated how it focused more on the people and the ethics behind ransomware and ransomware hunting as opposed to the technical aspects。 It conveyed the threat of ransomware with a proper urgency， while also shining a light on the incredibly kind， determined， and intelligent people who have fought off the threats previously。 I am excited to recommend this book to others I know who are interested in the growing dependence of civilization on technology， for it underlines the related dangers。 。。。more