Geert Baudewijns, full-time ransomware negotiator, is called every week by hacked companies and governments across the globe. But by then, it’s too late. Cybercriminals have infiltrated the system. To prevent worse-case scenarios – weeks of downtime, all your data leaked – over 70 percent of the victims give in to ransom demands. And malicious hacker collectives on the dark web are making fortunes. This is still a taboo because no one wants to go public with it. Who is at risk? How do hackers operate? How can we protect ourselves? In this book, Baudewijns takes the reader into the dark side of the digital world. His insider stories describe recent cases from around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the world’s top negotiators talks about his hunt for cybercriminals. Geert Baudewijns, full-time ransomware negotiator, takes the reader into the dark side of the digital world.
The Antwerp case 6
\nHow it began 16
\nThe first computers 28
\n(and first cybercriminals)
\nThe dark web 36
\nThe rise of ransomware 48
\nPlaying cat and mouse with cybercriminals 61
\nAttacks on governments 73
\nNegotiating at top level 85
\nEntering through an open door 97
\nPhishing scams that target consumers 107
\nFrom Adolf Hitler to Kamp Waes 117
\nHow SWIFT saved me in South Korea 125
\nThe supermarkets 133
\nA 4-million-euro smartphone 143
\n‘Special sites’ 151
\nHow we were hacked in China 157
\nThe hacker who wanted to recruit me 167
\nHow the consumer always pays the bill 175
\nMy dog Billie to the rescue 185
\nWith a bit of luck 195
\nTips on how to protect yourself from bank fraud 202
\nTips on how to protect your business 204
\nTips on how to protect yourself from hackers at home 208
\nThank you 210
\nA brief lexicon 220<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":57743,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21061],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57742","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-reference","7":"author-by-author-geert-baudewijns","8":"publisher-lannoo-publishers","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n