Zero Day: A Novel
by Mark Russinovich /
2011 / English / EPUB
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An airliner’s controls abruptly fail mid-flight
over the Atlantic. An oil tanker runs aground in Japan when
its navigational system suddenly stops dead. Hospitals
everywhere have to abandon their computer databases
when patients die after being administered incorrect
dosages of their medicine. In the Midwest, a nuclear power
plant nearly becomes the next Chernobyl when its cooling
systems malfunction.
An airliner’s controls abruptly fail mid-flight
over the Atlantic. An oil tanker runs aground in Japan when
its navigational system suddenly stops dead. Hospitals
everywhere have to abandon their computer databases
when patients die after being administered incorrect
dosages of their medicine. In the Midwest, a nuclear power
plant nearly becomes the next Chernobyl when its cooling
systems malfunction.
At first, these random computer failures seem like
unrelated events. But Jeff Aiken, a former government
analyst who quit in disgust after witnessing
the gross errors that led up to 9/11, thinks
otherwise. Jeff fears a more serious attack targeting the
United States computer infrastructure is already under
way. And as other menacing computer malfunctions pop
up around the world, some with deadly results,
he realizes that there isn’t much time if he hopes
to prevent an international catastrophe.
At first, these random computer failures seem like
unrelated events. But Jeff Aiken, a former government
analyst who quit in disgust after witnessing
the gross errors that led up to 9/11, thinks
otherwise. Jeff fears a more serious attack targeting the
United States computer infrastructure is already under
way. And as other menacing computer malfunctions pop
up around the world, some with deadly results,
he realizes that there isn’t much time if he hopes
to prevent an international catastrophe.
Written by a global authority on cyber security,
Written by a global authority on cyber security,Zero Day
Zero Day presents a chilling “what if” scenario
that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is
more than possible today---it’s a cataclysmic disaster just
waiting to happen.
presents a chilling “what if” scenario
that, in a world completely reliant on technology, is
more than possible today---it’s a cataclysmic disaster just
waiting to happen.