内容简介
Cyberspaceisallaroundus.Wedependonitforeverythingwedo.Wehavereengineeredourbusiness,governance,andsocialrelationsaroundaplanetarynetworkunlikeanybeforeit.Buttherearedangerslooming,andmalignforcesarethreateningtotransformthisextraordinarydomain.InBlackCode,RonaldJ.Deibert,aleadingexpertondigitaltechnology,security,andhumanrights,liftsthelidoncyberspaceandshowswhat’satstakeforInternetusersandcitizens.Ascyberspacedevelopsinunprecedentedways,powerfulagentsarescramblingforcontrol.PredatorycybercriminalgangssuchasKoobfacehavemadesocialmediatheirstalkingground.ThediscoveryofStuxnet,acomputerwormreportedlydevelopedbyIsraelandtheUnitedStatesandaimedatIran’snuclearfacilities,showedthatstatecyberwarisnowaveryrealpossibility.Governmentsandcorporationsareincollusionandaresettingtherulesoftheroadbehindcloseddoors.Thisisnotthewayitwassupposedtobe.TheInternet’soriginalpromiseofaglobalcommonsofsharedknowledgeandcommunicationsisnowunderthreat.Drawingonthefirst-handexperiencesofoneofthemostimportantprotagonistsinthebattle—theCitizenLabanditsglobalnetworkoffrontlineresearchers,whohavespentmorethanadecadecrackingcyberespionageringsanduncoveringattacksoncitizensandNGOsworldwide—BlackCodetakesreadersonafascinatingjourneyintothebattleforcyberspace.Thought-provoking,compelling,andsometimesfrightening,itisawakeupcalltocitizenswhohavecometotaketheInternetforgranted.Cyberspaceisours,itiswhatwemakeofit,Deibertargues,andweneedtoactnowbeforeitslipsthroughourgrasp.
作者简介
RONALDJ.DEIBERTisprofessorofPoliticalScienceandDirectoroftheCanadaCentreforGlobalSecurityStudiesandtheCitizenLabattheMunkSchoolofGlobalAffairs,UniversityofToronto,aninterdisciplinaryresearchanddevelopment“hothouse”workingattheintersectionoftheInternet,globalsecurity,andhumanrights.Heisaco-founderandaprincipalinvestigatoroftheOpenNetInitiativeandtheInformationWarfareMonitor,whichuncoveredtheGhostNetcyberespionagenetworkofover2,500infectedcomputersin103countries.Deibert’sworkhasreceivedfrontpagecoverageintheTorontoStar,GlobeandMail,InternationalHeraldTribune,andNewYorkTimes.HelivesinTorontowithhisfamily.,,