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Computers remain essential to espionage and other dubious activities, writes BBC security correspondent Corera ( The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service, 2013, etc.) in this engrossing history of the dark side of the information revolution. Built to decipher German codes, it performed brilliantly. In 1944, the first programmable electronic computer began operation in Britain’s Bletchley Park. |a Computer networks |x Security measures.

|a Birth - Marriage - Into the cold - Coming of age - Spy-hunting - Crypto wars - Attack - Enter the KGB - Out of the cold and into cyberspace - Titan rain - In the wires - Britain and the cyber spies - Dissent - Sabotage - The lights go off - Rebirth: cables - Britain - Exposure - Epilogue: To infinity and beyond. Using unique access to the National Security Agency, GCHQ, Chinese officials, and senior executives from some of the most powerful global technology companies, Corera has gathered compelling stories from heads of state, hackers, and spies of all stripes into a groundbreaking exploration of the new space in which the worlds of espionage, diplomacy, international business, science, and technology collide.-Adapted from dust jacket. The book is rich with historical detail and characters, as well as astonishing revelations about espionage carried out in recent times by the UK, US, and China.

BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera's narrative takes us through the Cold War and the birth of the Internet to the present era of hackers and surveillance. |a The intertwining forces of computers and espionage are reshaping the entire world: what was once the preserve of a few intelligence agencies now affects us all. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-420) and index. |a Originally published under the title: Intercept: the secret history of computers & spies.