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If you haven't started it yet, i would say it depends on how technical you are, i think. There's an unfortunate narrative that comes up a few times, if you haven't started it yet, i would say it depends on how technical you are, i think. There's an unfortunate narrative that comes up a few times, but anyone with basic infosec and.nix knowledge will see through the BS and realize it was a basic skills issue. Anyways, i don't want to give away too much, but if you'd like to hear more on my opinion, feel free to message me.

Also disclaimer, i still have about 80 pages left so my opinion could change. In the 'Age of Big Data' when everybody and their brother (Big Brother?) track our every move, it's easy to become obsessed with data security: personal, industrial and Governmental. And are the Anonymous and other secret groups of hackers what really threaten most our data? And in this era of counterterrorism, should we let our government expand the surveillance powers of intelligence agencies over individuals and groups?This book tells simultaneously two stories: the hacktivism of the last 20 In the 'Age of Big Data' when everybody and their brother (Big Brother?) track our every move, it's easy to become obsessed with data security: personal, industrial and Governmental. And are the Anonymous and other secret groups of hackers what really threaten most our data?

And in this era of counterterrorism, should we let our government expand the surveillance powers of intelligence agencies over individuals and groups?This book tells simultaneously two stories: the hacktivism of the last 20 years and the personal history of Alien, a female hacker who began her « career » when she was just a teenager. But these two stories interweave since we discover the Big Data world through Alien's eyes.Even if you're not a geek, don't worry, you’ll understand everything. It can be disturbing for some of us to discover everything that some computer geniuses are capable of though. And if you're a young computer geek, you'll get an overview of what you are getting into.Mr Smith seems to be very good at writing on sensitive and fashionable topics such as health, environment, local agriculture, urban gardening, etc.Fans of non-fiction stories that read like novels, here is your next to-read book. If you liked Mr Robot, you'll love this story. If you like spy or conspiracy stories, you should like it a lot too.So I give it 4½ stars.

The removed half star was because I found some sections a bit. The story drags a little.

But maybe it was because they were about things I already knew.Thanks to the author, the publisher and Netgalley for providing me a digital copy of this book before publication. This is a good story, and is easily and quickly read. The presumably true story is of a female MIT student who participates in the hacker culture of MIT, then over considerable time develops into a business woman whose specialty is hacking as a white hat for hire.The first half of the book is the most interesting, as it brings the reader into a very curious college culture of drugs and rule-breaking. The middle of the book explores the development of the white hat culture, which is also pretty This is a good story, and is easily and quickly read.

The presumably true story is of a female MIT student who participates in the hacker culture of MIT, then over considerable time develops into a business woman whose specialty is hacking as a white hat for hire.The first half of the book is the most interesting, as it brings the reader into a very curious college culture of drugs and rule-breaking. The middle of the book explores the development of the white hat culture, which is also pretty engaging. Some of the featured hacking assignments call out the many different business/medical contexts in which the hacking of computers exposes us all to great risk.

Once one gets to the final chapters, the reading gets quite a bit drier as the story moves on to the protagonist's personal changes inherent in becoming a mother and a business woman. This story of modern-day hacking and cyber security begins with the life of a young student from MIT called 'ALIEN' and follows her development into a preeminent 'penetration tester.' Essentially, a company hires her to 'test' all of their security systems - both cyber and walk-in / walk-out. ALIEN is like a ghost walking through walls. It's an amazing story.Now it turns out that both author Jeremy N.

Smith and ALIEN live right where I do in Missoula, Montana. It's a relatively small city that' This story of modern-day hacking and cyber security begins with the life of a young student from MIT called 'ALIEN' and follows her development into a preeminent 'penetration tester.' Essentially, a company hires her to 'test' all of their security systems - both cyber and walk-in / walk-out. ALIEN is like a ghost walking through walls. It's an amazing story.Now it turns out that both author Jeremy N. Smith and ALIEN live right where I do in Missoula, Montana.

It's a relatively small city that's growing by leaps and bounds with access to mountain trails and streams, where deer and bear often walk right down my street and camp out in my front yard.Now ALIEN has come out of the shadows. She operates her own company, LMG Security, based right here in MSLA. If you need help, here's the link:And more info:Cheers and Happy Reading!JIM in MT.

Breaking and Entering tells the story of a hacker known by her call sign from MIT Alien. This book follows Alien as she finds her place amongst MIT and the hacking community there (note at the time she was at MIT hacking was not limited to a computer) and eventually after several tragedies befall her hacking friends finds her place in IT and at Los Alamos. Through a series of events she finds herself working in a hacking field which includes both computer hacking and physical penetration. Her sp Breaking and Entering tells the story of a hacker known by her call sign from MIT Alien. This book follows Alien as she finds her place amongst MIT and the hacking community there (note at the time she was at MIT hacking was not limited to a computer) and eventually after several tragedies befall her hacking friends finds her place in IT and at Los Alamos. Through a series of events she finds herself working in a hacking field which includes both computer hacking and physical penetration.

Her specialty will become the soft psychological hacks which take computer skills and a working knowledge of psychology. The male dominance of the tech industry (particularly in the hacking world) is on full display here.

Smith makes this an engaging and interesting read as you can’t wait to find out what is going to happen next. I found myself enjoying the book despite the numerous law breaking occurring throughout it and found Alien to be a very sympathetic character in the end.

Not sure I can even classify who this book would be a good read for but as someone in the tech industry I found it quirky, fun and entertaining. Hard to really distinguish if this is actually nonfiction. It read like fiction but is so lacking in substance and follow through that I found my way more than 75% of the way through, wondering where this story was going? I often thought “am I just reading through someone’s perfectly normal career progression through a fringe career?” Lots of people find something they are interested in while attending college and stumble their way through life trying to make that interest a fruitful career.

The Hard to really distinguish if this is actually nonfiction. It read like fiction but is so lacking in substance and follow through that I found my way more than 75% of the way through, wondering where this story was going?

I often thought “am I just reading through someone’s perfectly normal career progression through a fringe career?” Lots of people find something they are interested in while attending college and stumble their way through life trying to make that interest a fruitful career. The only thing intriguing is the career subject matter in this book. My hundred-page rule is that life is too short to waste time reading books that I don't enjoy. Sadly, Breaking and Entering did not pass my rule.

In fact, I had pretty much figured out by Page 75 that I wasn't going to finish the book, but I thought I needed to give the book the chance. Believe me, those last 25 pages were the longest pages of my life.I thought the book would be about Alien, the hacker's work in cybersecurity.

I understand author Jeremy Smith wanted to show us everything leading My hundred-page rule is that life is too short to waste time reading books that I don't enjoy. Sadly, Breaking and Entering did not pass my rule.

In fact, I had pretty much figured out by Page 75 that I wasn't going to finish the book, but I thought I needed to give the book the chance. Believe me, those last 25 pages were the longest pages of my life.I thought the book would be about Alien, the hacker's work in cybersecurity.

I understand author Jeremy Smith wanted to show us everything leading up to her work in cybersecurity, but did he really need to spend the first 100 pages detailing her entire experience at MIT?I found the MIT stuff pretty boring. It was nice to learn a little about MIT as an institution, but I did not need 100 pages about it.On page 101, Smith takes Alien to Los Alamos for her first post-college job. This was the point at which I stopped reading, but I have a sneaking suspicion that the next 100 pages will be spent on Los Alamos.As a former publisher and editor, I always used to tell my writers to start the story as late as possible. Smith could definitely benefit from this suggestion.I feel he should have started the book with Alien working on cybersecurity, and then tossing in an occasional tidbit about her experiences at MIT and Los Alamos- provided they have relevance to the part of the story that is being told.I also didn't like Alien.

She was self-centered and sometimes just plain stupid- which is typical of college students. I just don't feel that part of her persona needed to be analyzed in such detail.So for me, this book was a bust. Your mileage may vary, of course.Thank you to Amazon Vine aand Houghton Miflin for providing me with a complimentary Advanced Review Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The book is told in a narrative second person perspective. The timeline is college through the main character, Alien (Elizabeth) thirties. It is a path of her discovering her skills and how to use them which isn't as simple as train and square and fit through square hole. What she is skilled at turns out to be one of socieities greatest threats - cybertechnology and hacking.

It begins with Elizabeth receiving entry into MIT.MIT a place for thinking by doing. I loved how the story showed the free The book is told in a narrative second person perspective. The timeline is college through the main character, Alien (Elizabeth) thirties. It is a path of her discovering her skills and how to use them which isn't as simple as train and square and fit through square hole. What she is skilled at turns out to be one of socieities greatest threats - cybertechnology and hacking.

It begins with Elizabeth receiving entry into MIT.MIT a place for thinking by doing. I loved how the story showed the freedom of exploration into discovering highest potential, interest, individuality and how to work with others as well.

If general education functioned like this school, we'd discover the genious in every person. Playground for the mind. As an ex art teacher of 18 years I've often struggled with an explanation to others of what I see education SHOULD look like. Yes there are classrooms and teachers, but there is also a whole world of learning encouraged outside the classroom by creating a mind playground as campus. I had been excited to start this book, as it features a female protagonist hacker. Although I purchased this book under the misunderstanding that it was a fictitious thriller, it is more biographical in nature, cataloging vignettes of Alien's life events. I was open to the biographical style, but personally felt like the book was poorly written on numerous levels.As a female reader, I often found myself rolling my eyes at the author's attempt at relaying Alien's female perspective, which was a I had been excited to start this book, as it features a female protagonist hacker.

Although I purchased this book under the misunderstanding that it was a fictitious thriller, it is more biographical in nature, cataloging vignettes of Alien's life events. I was open to the biographical style, but personally felt like the book was poorly written on numerous levels.As a female reader, I often found myself rolling my eyes at the author's attempt at relaying Alien's female perspective, which was a thinly veiled male fantasy of the Sexy-Cool-Girl-in-Tech archetype.

I could have done without the detailed descriptions of her fishnets, mini skirts, and sexcapades in exchange for more thoughtful development of her internal conflict and thoughts.As a reader who works in the technology industry, I was underwhelmed with the very short anecdotes of Alien's hacking and penetration-testing. These stories may be interesting to an outsider of the privacy and security field, but I found them to be banal. Almost all of these anecdotes were stories of triumph with little to no conflict- I felt like I was reading a book about a Hacker SuperWoman, which is a cool idea for a graphic novel, but even then the conflict would need to be dialed up a few notches. When any type of conflict would actually occur in the book, the writer would simply move on to the next chapter or neglect the resolution of that conflict.These writing flaws result in surface level characters who feel disingenuous to the reader, consistently predictable hacking executions, and bored, dissatisfied readers. 'Breaking and Entering' by Jeremy Smith is a strong companion book to 'Ghosts in the Wires' about the digital realm of white hats and black hats.

The first part of the book is about the culture of 'hacking' at MIT and how it is part of the intellectual ferment of students there. (The great film about 'hacking' is 'Real Genius' about the student culture of Pacific Tech nee CalTech.) The rest of the book is about cyber sleuthing by 'Alien' who graduates from MIT and is intimately involved in becom 'Breaking and Entering' by Jeremy Smith is a strong companion book to 'Ghosts in the Wires' about the digital realm of white hats and black hats. The first part of the book is about the culture of 'hacking' at MIT and how it is part of the intellectual ferment of students there. (The great film about 'hacking' is 'Real Genius' about the student culture of Pacific Tech nee CalTech.) The rest of the book is about cyber sleuthing by 'Alien' who graduates from MIT and is intimately involved in becoming a 'white hat'.

What is interesting is that digital penetration of corporations is for at least fifty percent is on the human side of the equation. Humans are prone to simple traps which allows for the black hats into secure systems. This has been shown over and over again.

Kevin Mittnick said the same thing in 'Ghosts in the Wires'. Even Nobel prize winner Richard Feynman's memoir 'Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman' has a long story about safe cracking during the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos facility in which many of the top administrators and scientists would or could not take the time to change the code to their safe from the original factory setting. Highly recommended reading. Confession - I picked up this book because I have known the author since he was in middle school with my son.

I seldom read non-fiction books and when I do purchase them, more likely than not, do not finish them. But I couldn’t put this one down. It reads like a great scientific thriller. Alien, a highly motivated young woman finds her life career when she joins a hacker group as a freshman at Harvard. These “hackers” break into buildings instead of computers but that is only the beginning. Smit Confession - I picked up this book because I have known the author since he was in middle school with my son.

I seldom read non-fiction books and when I do purchase them, more likely than not, do not finish them. But I couldn’t put this one down. It reads like a great scientific thriller. Alien, a highly motivated young woman finds her life career when she joins a hacker group as a freshman at Harvard.

These “hackers” break into buildings instead of computers but that is only the beginning. Smith’s great storytelling is full of lessons about cyber security in our increasingly tech-controlled world. It’s full of lessons for the need to learn even more to protect assets and identities and it’s also a great story for young girls to follow a young woman learning to success in a fields controlled by men.

A good book for older YA readers who will understand more of the tech stuff than this 70 year old. This story of modern-day hacking and cyber security begins with the life of a young student from MIT called 'ALIEN' and follows her development into a preeminent 'penetration tester.' Essentially, a company hires her to 'test' all of their security systems - both cyber and walk-in / walk-out. ALIEN is like a ghost walking through walls. It's an amazing story.Now it turns out that both author Jeremy N. Smith and ALIEN live right where I do in Missoula, Montana. It's a relatively small city that' This story of modern-day hacking and cyber security begins with the life of a young student from MIT called 'ALIEN' and follows her development into a preeminent 'penetration tester.'

Essentially, a company hires her to 'test' all of their security systems - both cyber and walk-in / walk-out. ALIEN is like a ghost walking through walls. It's an amazing story.Now it turns out that both author Jeremy N. Smith and ALIEN live right where I do in Missoula, Montana.

It's a relatively small city that's growing by leaps and bounds with access to mountain trails and streams, where deer and bear often walk right down my street and camp out in my front yard.Now ALIEN has come out of the shadows. She operates her own company, LMG Security, based right here in MSLA. If you need help, here's the link:And more info:Cheers and Happy Reading!JIM in MT. This was.fine. The book spends a long time on Alien's time at MIT, which was sorta interesting but not very compelling. Then it writes about her first few jobs before she became a security consultant/pentester.

The last section was the most interesting, and there were little bits of interestingness throughout the rest, but I can't really recommend it. It's a cross between a biography and 'here's what security consultants do' (although it does reference the movie Sneakers; points for that!), an This was.fine. The book spends a long time on Alien's time at MIT, which was sorta interesting but not very compelling.

Then it writes about her first few jobs before she became a security consultant/pentester. The last section was the most interesting, and there were little bits of interestingness throughout the rest, but I can't really recommend it.

It's a cross between a biography and 'here's what security consultants do' (although it does reference the movie Sneakers; points for that!), and the biography stuff was just not that interesting.I think that I just don't like biographies in general (I couldn't even get through the sample of Michelle Obama's, which surprised me), so maybe you'd like this better if you do, or if you're less familiar with computer security? As an IT Security Professional this was a fascinating look into the hacking culture but by the end of the book I wasn't sure how much was true. Through some quick searches I was able to figure out the Alien might be a real alias but the actual name of the main subject is not Elizabeth Tessman, she doesn't live in Denver and the actual consulting company doesn't appear to be based in Denver as the book suggests.The narrative is very interesting and worth reading if you are interested in IT Secur As an IT Security Professional this was a fascinating look into the hacking culture but by the end of the book I wasn't sure how much was true. Through some quick searches I was able to figure out the Alien might be a real alias but the actual name of the main subject is not Elizabeth Tessman, she doesn't live in Denver and the actual consulting company doesn't appear to be based in Denver as the book suggests.The narrative is very interesting and worth reading if you are interested in IT Security.Assuming that the stories are true it is very interesting to look into who is trying to break into your network. The stories of social engineering are particularly fascinating and show that it is easy to break your way into almost any environment. Wow i loved this book.

It probably appeals to the engineer in me. I always had a thought i might go to MIT since my Grandpa was in the Civil Engineering program there in 1913-14. It makes me wonder if he was a hacker and if there were hackers in the early 1900s?

I just saw a story in the paper where the MIT hackers turned the Big Dome into Capt America's shield! Then to dive even deeper into the world of computer hackers and understand their thoughts.

I have always been amazed that my bank accou Wow i loved this book. It probably appeals to the engineer in me. I always had a thought i might go to MIT since my Grandpa was in the Civil Engineering program there in 1913-14. It makes me wonder if he was a hacker and if there were hackers in the early 1900s? I just saw a story in the paper where the MIT hackers turned the Big Dome into Capt America's shield!

Then to dive even deeper into the world of computer hackers and understand their thoughts. I have always been amazed that my bank account has not yet been hacked! What a great narrative and the technical details are wonderful even for a non-computer nerd.

Elizabeth Tessman

I had my first computer when at the age of 12. At first, all I did was playing games. Then I discovered programming and was in love with it since. And of course, I dreamed of being a hacker. Because it would be really cool, wouldn't it?I ended up, well, not being a hacker, although I am still working on the computer every day.Back to this book, it sparked joy. It reminded me how much I loved to read about the hacker world. Although I'd read quite a lot (hell, I even knew 'some' guys there too), I had my first computer when at the age of 12.

At first, all I did was playing games. Then I discovered programming and was in love with it since. And of course, I dreamed of being a hacker. Because it would be really cool, wouldn't it?I ended up, well, not being a hacker, although I am still working on the computer every day.Back to this book, it sparked joy. It reminded me how much I loved to read about the hacker world. Although I'd read quite a lot (hell, I even knew 'some' guys there too), there were parts that really surprised me.

It was fun and exciting to read about it from Alien's experiences and perspectives also. A true non-fiction that reads like fiction. The story of a young who entered MIT in the 1990s and was intrigued Alien by the school’s tradition of high-risk physical trespassing: the original “hacking.” Lots of adventure, legal and illegal which is to be expected with college kids.

It's when someone dies that reality sets in.Alien. learned a lot about hacking and security systems at MIT and spent time assessing their security. She did it all, coding, disguising herself to sneak past guards.j A true non-fiction that reads like fiction. The story of a young who entered MIT in the 1990s and was intrigued Alien by the school’s tradition of high-risk physical trespassing: the original “hacking.” Lots of adventure, legal and illegal which is to be expected with college kids. It's when someone dies that reality sets in.Alien. learned a lot about hacking and security systems at MIT and spent time assessing their security.

She did it all, coding, disguising herself to sneak past guards.just to test the company's security. Great thriller for those who love cyber securityI read an advance copy and was not compensated. I have mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, the characters are well-developed and some of the scenes felt very real like this book could be turned book to movie.

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That being said, I am still not sure if this is an actual true story and these things really happened or not. I tried a Google search and couldn't verify anything so that was confusing but if it isn't a true story then the plot is kind of lacking. I kept wondering, what's the end game here? And true or not, this book was pret I have mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, the characters are well-developed and some of the scenes felt very real like this book could be turned book to movie.

That being said, I am still not sure if this is an actual true story and these things really happened or not. I tried a Google search and couldn't verify anything so that was confusing but if it isn't a true story then the plot is kind of lacking.

I kept wondering, what's the end game here? And true or not, this book was pretty scary at times when learning all of the things hackers can do.

Jeremy N Smith

I'd say if you're interested in technology and stories involving hacking, then this is up your alley. This is one of those books that are unlike any else and that's what makes it an interesting read. I can't talk about the accuracy of the facts (except for a few of them), but the challenges and discrimination touched upon are very much real and very much true.

There's no actual plot, so I'd rec this to readers who are interested in CS and enjoy non-fiction that reads like fiction.Thank you to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Edelweiss for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest rev This is one of those books that are unlike any else and that's what makes it an interesting read. I can't talk about the accuracy of the facts (except for a few of them), but the challenges and discrimination touched upon are very much real and very much true. There's no actual plot, so I'd rec this to readers who are interested in CS and enjoy non-fiction that reads like fiction.Thank you to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Edelweiss for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Half the book is spent detailing this person's boring life at MIT and the other half about how they weren't respected at the job they worked at even though she was supposedly really good at it. In the end she got fired and went on to start her own company wherein she would wildly undercharge for the value of her work. Then the book ends.

I kept waiting for the big conflict in the book and final ending but neither ever came.I don't know what the point of this book is other than I guess to put in Half the book is spent detailing this person's boring life at MIT and the other half about how they weren't respected at the job they worked at even though she was supposedly really good at it. In the end she got fired and went on to start her own company wherein she would wildly undercharge for the value of her work. Then the book ends.

I kept waiting for the big conflict in the book and final ending but neither ever came.I don't know what the point of this book is other than I guess to put in your mind that everyone is vulnerable to hacking. I didn't find anything extraordinary about this story. The MIT stuff right at the beginning was interesting since I'd considered going there and knew a little about the hacker culture. But the security work is just boring IT stuff to me and not difficult.

Security is very important but these aren't the kinds hack that are interesting. Read Future Crimes by Marc Goodman if you want to have your mind blown about hacks that have already occurred and what's coming next. This was more of a cute biogr I didn't find anything extraordinary about this story. The MIT stuff right at the beginning was interesting since I'd considered going there and knew a little about the hacker culture. But the security work is just boring IT stuff to me and not difficult. Security is very important but these aren't the kinds hack that are interesting. Read Future Crimes by Marc Goodman if you want to have your mind blown about hacks that have already occurred and what's coming next.

This was more of a cute biography than about any real hacking.