The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits’ Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime

Book Description

A real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersecurity threats of our time.

Scattered across the world, an elite team of code-cracking techies is working tirelessly on your behalf to thwart the most notorious cyber scourge of our time. You’ve probably never heard of them. But if you work for a school, a business, a hospital, or a municipal government, especially if its cybersecurity is imperfect, chances are that you’re painfully familiar with the group’s sworn enemy: ransomware. Again and again, these ordinary people, mostly self-taught and often struggling to make ends meet, have outwitted the shadowy networks of hackers and criminal gangs that lock computer networks and extort huge payments in return for the key.

The Ransomware Hunting Team is the incredible true story of a band of misfits who have used their extraordinary skills to save millions of ransomware victims from paying billions of dollars to criminals. Working in their free time from bedrooms and back offices, they offer their services pro bono to those whom the FBI, other government agencies, and the private sector are unwilling or unable to help. This book follows the teammates as they respond to dire calls for help—and tracks the ups and downs of their work as they race to rescue precious files and communicate directly with their adversaries. Urgent, uplifting, and entertaining, Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden’s The Ransomware Hunting Team is a real-life technological thriller set in a dangerous new era of cybercrime.

中文：

书名：勒索软件狩猎队: 一群misfits难以置信的十字军东征，以拯救世界免受网络犯罪

一部现实生活中的技术惊悚片，讲述了一群古怪的不合群，承担着我们这个时代最大的网络安全威胁。

分散在世界各地的一个精锐的代码破解技术团队正在为您不懈地工作，以挫败我们这个时代最臭名昭著的网络祸害。你可能从未听说过它们。但是，如果您在学校，企业，医院或市政府工作，尤其是在其网络安全不完善的情况下，您很可能会痛苦地熟悉该组织的死敌: 勒索软件。这些普通人一次又一次地，他们大多自学成才，经常努力维持生计，他们智胜了黑客和犯罪团伙的阴暗网络，这些网络锁定了计算机网络并勒索巨额款项以换取钥匙。

勒索软件狩猎团队是一个令人难以置信的真实故事，一群不称职的人利用他们的非凡技能拯救了数百万勒索软件受害者，免于向罪犯支付数十亿美元。他们在卧室和后台办公室的空闲时间工作，向联邦调查局，其他政府机构和私营部门不愿或无法提供帮助的人提供无偿服务。这本书跟随队友响应可怕的求助电话-并跟踪他们的工作起伏，因为他们竞相抢救珍贵的文件并直接与对手沟通。蕾妮·达德利 (Renee Dudley) 和丹尼尔·戈尔登 (Daniel Golden) 的《勒索软件狩猎队》是一部现实生活中的科技惊悚片，背景是危险的网络犯罪新时代。