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Publisher's description: Cybersecurity incidents make the news with startling regularity. Each breach-the theft of 145.5 million Americans' information from Equifax, for example, or the Russian government's theft of National Security Agency documents, or the Sony Pictures data dump-makes headlines, inspires panic, instigates lawsuits, and is then forgotten. The cycle of alarm and amnesia continues with the next attack, and the one after that. In this...
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"The crime you'll never see coming. The people you'll never forget. A nineteen-year-old Romanian student stumbles into a criminal ransomware ring in her village. Soon she is extorting Silicon Valley billionaires for millions. A veteran cybersecurity specialist has built a deep network of top-notch hackers in one of the world's largest banks. But then the bank brings in a cadre of ex-military personnel to "help." A cynical Russian only leaves his tiny...
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A doomsday prepper and private school custodian must rescue his genius hacker son, who is caught by a brutal drug cartel for electronically siphoning off their funds.
When a drunk-driving accident ruined his life, only a popular survivalist blog helped to restore Jake's sense of control. He's become an avid Doomsday Prepper, raising his diabetic son, Andy, to be ready for any sudden catastrophe. Jake works as a custodian at isolated Pepperell Academy...
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Trackers (Patrick Carman) volume 1
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
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214 p. ; 21 cm.
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When the mysterious Glyphmaster tricks Adam into solving a puzzle and then hacks his computers, Adam, Finn, Lewis, and Emily are pulled into a mystery that is more trouble than they ever imagined.
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Warcross volume 2
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[2018]
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
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341 pages ; 22 cm
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"Teenage hacker Emika Chen embarks on a mission to unravel a sinister plot and is forced to join forces with a shadowy organization known as the Blackcoats"--Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Determined to put a stop to Hideo's grim plans, Emika and the Phoenix Riders band together, only to find a new threat lurking on the neon-lit streets of Tokyo. Someone's put a bounty on Emika's head, and her sole chance for survival...
11) Shantorian
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Trackers (Patrick Carman) volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
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169 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Using sophisticated technology and impressive coding skills to track down advanced cyber criminals, four savvy teens close in on a dangerous hacker before realizing that they are being led into a trap, in a story told through a collage of video segments, text, and website postings.
12) Dark angel
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Letty Davenport novels volume 2
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"Letty Davenport, the tough-as-nails adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes on an undercover assignment that brings her across the country and into the crosshairs of a dangerous group of hackers"--
13) Warcross
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Warcross volume 1
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[2017]
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IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 16
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353 pages ; 22 cm.
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"When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire"--
15) Kingpin
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c2010
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266 p. ; 24 cm.
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Poulsen explores in this page-turning tale the criminal exploits of a hacker of breathtaking ambition, Max Butler, who stole access to 1.8 million credit card accounts.
18) Zap!
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[2018]
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
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290 pages ; 22 cm
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Eleven-year-olds Luis and Maura investigate the cause of a long-term, city-wide power outage in Hampton, New Jersey. Includes facts about electric power and instructions for assembling an emergency kit.
19) Snowden
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[2016]
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1 videodisc (2 hr., 15 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An employee of the National Security Agency leaks their illegal surveillance techniques to the public by distributing thousands of classified documents to the press.
20) Quantum
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On the eve of a top secret space mission, Captain Calli Chase detects a tripped alarm in the tunnels deep below a NASA research center. A NASA pilot, quantum physicist, and cybercrime investigator, Calli knows that a looming blizzard and government shutdown could provide the perfect cover for sabotage, with deadly consequences. As it turns out, the danger is worse than she thought. A spatter of dried blood, a missing security badge, a suspicious suicide--a...
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