- Additional Authors
- McCourt, Tom, 1958-
- Uniform Title
- Why hackers win (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Why hackers win (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-186) and index
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Contents
- 1. On the structures and functions of hacking -- 2. Hacking and risk to systems -- 3. The political economy of the hack -- 4. Antihacking law and policy -- 5. Activism beyond hactivism
- LCCN
- 2021693496
- OCLC
- ssj0002539560
- Author
Burkart, Patrick, 1969-
- Title
Why hackers win [electronic resource] : power and disruption in the network society / Patrick Burkart and Tom McCourt
- Imprint
Oakland, California : University of California Press [2019]
- Description
1 online resource (xix, 197 pages)
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-186) and index
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Summary
"When people think of hackers, they usually think of a lone wolf acting with the intent to garner personal data for identity theft and fraud. But what about the corporations and government entities that use hacking as a strategy for managing risk? Why Hackers Win asks the pivotal question of how and why the instrumental uses of invasive software by corporations and government agencies contribute to social change. Through a critical communication and media studies lens, the book focuses on the struggles of breaking and defending the 'trusted systems' underlying our everyday use of technology. It compares the United States and the European Union, exploring how cybersecurity and hacking accelerate each other in digital capitalism, and how the competitive advantage that hackers can provide corporations and governments may actually afford new venues for commodity development and exchange. Presenting prominent case studies of communication law and policy, corporate hacks, and key players in the global cybersecurity market, the book proposes a political economic model of new markets for software vulnerabilities and exploits, and clearly illustrates the social functions of hacking."-- Back cover.
- Note
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
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- Added Author
McCourt, Tom, 1958-
- Other Form:
Print version: Why hackers win Oakland, California : University of California Press [2019] 9780520300132 (DLC) 2019950171