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'''''Fatal System Error''''' (2010) is a nonfiction work written by [[Joseph Menn]] that tells 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>

Its main characters, the heroes of the book, are [[Barrett Lyon]] and [[Andy Crocker]]. The book uses the real-life account of the capture of cybercriminals [[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 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907205500/http://www.csoonline.com/read/050105/extortion.html |archivedate=2008-09-07 |df= }}</ref> to paint the picture of the cybercrime landscape.

==References==

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== External links ==

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

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*[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==

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[[Category:2010 books]]