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Privacy Pandemic: How Cybercriminals Determine Targets, Attack Identities, and Violate Privacy—and How Consumers, Companies, and Policymakers Can Fight Back

Christopher A. Smith

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Description:After mounting red flags caused Chris Smith to end a close relationship, he found his digital life under accounts were compromised, emails and texts were intercepted, his social security number was stolen, and his mother’s home Wi-Fi router was breached.Chris would soon learn that cybercriminals had targeted him in one of the most extensive, twisted cases of digital identity theft known to experts. He discovered that he wasn’t alone, but rather another casualty of the Information Age plague that continues to threaten the finances and digital safety of individuals, companies, and governments worldwide.Once he recovered from the shock and betrayal, he assembled a comprehensive team of attorneys, digital forensics specialists, and law enforcement agents and vowed to bring his attackers to justice.As Chris discovered when he tried to hold his attackers accountable, keeping vital personal information safe in the digital age is incredibly difficult. Privacy Pandemic is not only a firsthand account of what happens when one is targeted by sophisticated cybercriminals—it’s also a guide for readers on how to stay safe in a dangerous digital world.Chris details the companies, software, tools, and practices that give us all the best chance of preventing security breaches and their disastrous consequences, and shares how he’s turned hardship into triumph, ensuring the power to protect personal information as much as possible is where it in the hands of each of us.PRAISE FOR PRIVACY PANDEMIC"This book is remarkably thorough, and Smith devotes most of it to equipping readers with methods to protect their data and respond to breaches that will almost inevitably occur, no matter how vigilant they are...He covers a wide range of ways to avoid the “self-sabotage” upon which criminals rely, and he conveys it all in clear language that will be accessible even to those who aren’t tech-savvy." —KIRKUS REVIEWS"Privacy Pandemic is a paranoia-inducing exploration of cybercrime and identity theft from someone who has experienced its brutal realities up close....Along the way, it makes provocative, research-based arguments for updating or abandoning old technology like social security numbers and terms-of-service agreements." —FOREWORD REVIEWS“Bolstered by his personal experience with digital identity theft, Chris Smith brings together some of the most renowned experts in Privacy Pandemic, a game-changing book in the field of digital security.” —BILL RADUCHEL, tech pioneer, former CTO of AOL, and author of The New Technology State“In an age where so much of who we are exists online—from personal profiles to business-consumer transactions to interpersonal correspondence—it’s all the more important for each of us to not only know how to proactively protect ourselves, but how to react if (and in many cases, when) our personal information is breached. Enter Privacy Pandemic, a must-read book for anyone looking to better arm themselves against the dangers of an ever-evolving cyberworld.” —TOM KEMP, cybersecurity expert and co-founder of Centrify“In Privacy Pandemic, Chris Smith fearlessly reflects on his own unbelievable story while laying bare the necessary steps we all must take to become a safer digital community. This is an urgent and timely book that sheds important insight on how to prevent some of the most prolific crimes of our time.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Privacy Pandemic: How Cybercriminals Determine Targets, Attack Identities, and Violate Privacy—and How Consumers, Companies, and Policymakers Can Fight Back. To get started finding Privacy Pandemic: How Cybercriminals Determine Targets, Attack Identities, and Violate Privacy—and How Consumers, Companies, and Policymakers Can Fight Back, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: After mounting red flags caused Chris Smith to end a close relationship, he found his digital life under accounts were compromised, emails and texts were intercepted, his social security number was stolen, and his mother’s home Wi-Fi router was breached.Chris would soon learn that cybercriminals had targeted him in one of the most extensive, twisted cases of digital identity theft known to experts. He discovered that he wasn’t alone, but rather another casualty of the Information Age plague that continues to threaten the finances and digital safety of individuals, companies, and governments worldwide.Once he recovered from the shock and betrayal, he assembled a comprehensive team of attorneys, digital forensics specialists, and law enforcement agents and vowed to bring his attackers to justice.As Chris discovered when he tried to hold his attackers accountable, keeping vital personal information safe in the digital age is incredibly difficult. Privacy Pandemic is not only a firsthand account of what happens when one is targeted by sophisticated cybercriminals—it’s also a guide for readers on how to stay safe in a dangerous digital world.Chris details the companies, software, tools, and practices that give us all the best chance of preventing security breaches and their disastrous consequences, and shares how he’s turned hardship into triumph, ensuring the power to protect personal information as much as possible is where it in the hands of each of us.PRAISE FOR PRIVACY PANDEMIC"This book is remarkably thorough, and Smith devotes most of it to equipping readers with methods to protect their data and respond to breaches that will almost inevitably occur, no matter how vigilant they are...He covers a wide range of ways to avoid the “self-sabotage” upon which criminals rely, and he conveys it all in clear language that will be accessible even to those who aren’t tech-savvy." —KIRKUS REVIEWS"Privacy Pandemic is a paranoia-inducing exploration of cybercrime and identity theft from someone who has experienced its brutal realities up close....Along the way, it makes provocative, research-based arguments for updating or abandoning old technology like social security numbers and terms-of-service agreements." —FOREWORD REVIEWS“Bolstered by his personal experience with digital identity theft, Chris Smith brings together some of the most renowned experts in Privacy Pandemic, a game-changing book in the field of digital security.” —BILL RADUCHEL, tech pioneer, former CTO of AOL, and author of The New Technology State“In an age where so much of who we are exists online—from personal profiles to business-consumer transactions to interpersonal correspondence—it’s all the more important for each of us to not only know how to proactively protect ourselves, but how to react if (and in many cases, when) our personal information is breached. Enter Privacy Pandemic, a must-read book for anyone looking to better arm themselves against the dangers of an ever-evolving cyberworld.” —TOM KEMP, cybersecurity expert and co-founder of Centrify“In Privacy Pandemic, Chris Smith fearlessly reflects on his own unbelievable story while laying bare the necessary steps we all must take to become a safer digital community. This is an urgent and timely book that sheds important insight on how to prevent some of the most prolific crimes of our time.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Privacy Pandemic: How Cybercriminals Determine Targets, Attack Identities, and Violate Privacy—and How Consumers, Companies, and Policymakers Can Fight Back. To get started finding Privacy Pandemic: How Cybercriminals Determine Targets, Attack Identities, and Violate Privacy—and How Consumers, Companies, and Policymakers Can Fight Back, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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