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'''''Fatal System Error''''' (2010) is a book by Joseph Menn, an investigative technology reporter at ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and previously with [[Reuters]], the ''[[Financial Times]]'' and ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Joseph Menn's bio |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/04/joseph-menns-bi.html |work=Los Angeles Times |agency= |date=April 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526070427/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/04/joseph-menns-bi.html |archive-date=26 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Menn: Insight into the NSA's Weakening of Crypto Standards |url=https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity14/speaker-or-organizer/joseph-menn-reuters |website=USENIX Security 2014 San Diego |publisher=[[USENIX]] |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="forum-network-security-network">{{cite web |last1=Menn |first1=Joseph |last2=Wolff |first2=Josephine |last3=Cherne |first3=Lodrina |title=Beyond Cyberspace: Security in a Networked World |url=https://forum-network.org/lectures/beyond-cyberspace-security-networked-world/ |website=Big, If True: Series On Tech & The Pandemic |publisher=[[WGBH Educational Foundation#Units|WGBH Forum Network]] |access-date=1 February 2021 |language=en |date=2020-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Menn |first1=Joseph |title=All the rave : the rise and fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster |date=2003 |publisher=Crown Business |___location=New York |isbn=0609610937 |edition=1st}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Menn |first1=Joseph |title=Book Excerpt: All the Rave |url=https://www.wired.com/2003/05/book-excerpt-all-the-rave/ |magazine=Wired |language=en-us |date=2003-05-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Menn |first1=Joseph |title=Cult of the Dead Cow : how the original hacking supergroup might just save the world |date=2019 |publisher=[[PublicAffairs]] |___location=New York |isbn=978-1541724426 |edition=First}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Menn |first1=Joseph |title=Joseph Menn |url=http://www.josephmenn.com/index.php |website=Joseph Menn |access-date=1 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112084148/http://www.josephmenn.com/index.php |archive-date=12 November 2014 |date=12 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Menn |first1=Joseph |title=Exclusive: Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for U.S. intelligence - sources |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-nsa-exclusive-idUSKCN1241YT |website=Reuters |date=4 October 2016 |access-date=1 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707081709/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-nsa-exclusive-idUSKCN1241YT |archive-date=7 July 2017}}</ref>

'''''Fatal System Error''''' (2010) is a nonfiction work written by [[Joseph Menn]] that exposes a story of espionage that penetrates the network of international mobsters and hackers who use the Internet to extort money from businesses, steal from tens of millions of consumers, and attack government networks.<ref>{{cite web | title=Of Sequels and Cybercrime | url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/01/of-sequels-and-cybercrime.html | publisher = The New Yorker}}</ref>

'''''FatalThe Systembook Error'''''investigates (2010) is a nonfiction work written by [[Joseph Menn]] that exposes a story ofthe espionage that penetrates the network of international mobsters and hackers who use the Internet to extort money from businesses, steal from tens of millions of consumers, and attack government networks.<ref>{{cite webmagazine | title=Of Sequels and Cybercrime | url=httphttps://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/01/of-sequels-and-cybercrime.html | publishermagazine = The New Yorker| date=25 January 2010 | last1=Raab | first1=Vicky }}</ref>

Its main characters and heroes of the book are [[Barrett Lyon]] and [[Andy Crocker]]. The book uses the real life account of the capture of cyber criminals [[Ivan Maksakov]], [[Alexander Petrov (hacker)|Alexander Petrov]], and [[Denis Stepanov]] <ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.csoonline.com/read/050105/extortion.html | title=A Whiz Kid Took On an Extortionist -- and Won | date=2005-05-01 | first=Scott | last=Berinato | publisher = CSO Magazine}}</ref> to paint the picture of today's cybercrime landscape.

ItsThe main characters and heroesfocus of the book areis on [[Barrett Lyon]] and [[Andy Crocker]]. The book uses the real life account ofand the capture of cyber criminalscybercriminals [[Ivan Maksakov]], [[Alexander Petrov (hacker)|Alexander Petrov]], and [[Denis Stepanov]] .<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.csoonline.com/read/050105/extortion.html | title=A Whiz Kid Took On an Extortionist -- and Won | date=2005-05-01 | first=Scott | last=Berinato | publisher=CSO Magazine |url-status=dead CSO|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907205500/http://www.csoonline.com/read/050105/extortion.html |archivedate=2008-09-07 Magazine}}</ref> to paint the picture of today's cybercrime landscape.

== External links ==

*[http://www.fserror.com/ Fatal System Error Web Site]

*[http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/publicaffairsbooks-cgi-bin/display?book=9781586487485 Public Affairs Books]

*[http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2010/01/28/segments/149039 WNYC Interview with Joseph Menn]

*[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122958695 Fighting Cybercrime, One Digital Thug At A Time]

==References==

{{reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{cite web <!-- |last1=Menn |first1=Joseph --> |title=Fatal System Error |website=fserror.com |url=http://fserror.com/ <!-- |access-date=1 February 2021 --> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614232035/http://fserror.com/ |archive-date=14 June 2017 <!-- |date=14 June 2017 -->}}

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170726064929/http://fserror.com/stayingsafer.html STAYING SAFER ONLINE] fserror.com

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100107105559/http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/publicaffairsbooks-cgi-bin/display?book=9781586487485 PublicFatal System Error] Affairs[[PublicAffairs Books]]

*[httphttps://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2010/01/28/segments/149039 WNYC Interview with Joseph Menn] [[WNYC]] [[The Leonard Lopate Show]]

*[httphttps://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122958695 Fighting Cybercrime, One Digital Thug At A Time] [[NPR]]

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