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. He was educated at Oxford and Harvard Universities and joined the BBC in 1997. Built to decipher German codes, it performed brilliantly. His series 'The Real Spooks' on MI5 was broadcast in December 2007. His documentary series 'MI6: A century in the Shadows' was broadcast in the summer of 2009. In that role, he covers the work of Britain's intelligence agencies. Gordon Corera is a security correspondent for BBC News. 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. Using unique access to the National Security Agency, GCHQ, Chinese officials, and senior executives from some of the most powerful global technology companies, Gordon Corera has gathered compelling stories from heads of state, hackers and spies of all stripes.Ĭyberspies is a ground-breaking exploration of the new space in which the worlds of espionage, diplomacy, international business, science, and technology collide. that we all leave a digital data trail creates huge problems for the traditional world of human espionage, says Gordon Corera, author of Cyberspies. As the digital era become increasingly pervasive, 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.Ĭorera's compelling narrative takes us from the Second World War through the Cold War and the birth of the internet to the present era of hackers and surveillance.
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