Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels?

Re:Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels? by wpietri on Monday August 13, 2018 @09:47AM (#17750009)

This isn't quite in the category, but John Carreyrou's nonfiction book "Bad Blood", which covered the rise and fall of Theranos, satisfied me in a similar way. There's plenty of crime, although it's really about pretending to be high-tech rather than actually being high tech. For people in tech who love a good fraud story, I highly recommend it.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels? by BlackjackCF on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:40AM (#17750421)

Also in the nonfiction realm - Countdown to Zero Day: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon was really good. Ended up reading the entire thing in one go on an airplane.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels? by brk on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:12AM (#17750196)

Just finished this one and really enjoyed it. I will say, it would have been infuriating to read if I didn't already know the story ended with her takedown.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels? by jonwinstanley on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:23AM (#17750293)

Spoiler alert?

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Re:Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels? by dmix on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:58AM (#17750585)

Only if you have managed to ignore every major story about Theranos/Elizabeth for the last couple years...

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Re:Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels? by TallGuyShort on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:26AM (#17750321)

It's a true story, and one that's discussed in HN comments ad nauseum.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels? by asragab on Monday August 13, 2018 @10:46AM (#17750469)

100% agree. Cyber true-crime, maybe? The toxicity of that place, of her, of Sunny! That guy seems like a real piece of work. I was struck by how amazingly well connected she was, collecting former and current high ranking government officials and industry titans. For me the highlight was the surreal depiction of that birthday party with Kissinger.

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Re:Ask HN: Recommendations of good cybercrime novels? by preslavrachev on Monday August 13, 2018 @11:58AM (#17751036)

I was just going to mention "Bad Blood" as well. I am currently reading it and just can't stop.

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