This alarming program reveals the daily battle between the Internet’s
outlaws and the hackers who oppose them by warding off system attacks,
training IT professionals and police officers, and watching cyberspace
for signs of imminent infowar. Through interviews with frontline
personnel from the Department of Defense, NYPD’s computer crime squad,
private detective firm Kroll Associates, X-Force Threat Analysis
Service, and several notorious crackers, the program provides
penetrating insights into the millions of hack attacks that occur
annually in the U.S.—including one that affected the phone bills of
millions and another that left confidential details of the B-1 stealth
bomber in the hands of teenagers. The liabilities of wireless networks,
the Code Red worm, and online movie piracy are also discussed.