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First published in the United States of America as America the Vulnerable by The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2011

This edition with a new preface published in Penguin Books 2013

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Portions of Chapter 10 appeared in “Privacy and Security: Why Isn’t Cyberspace More Secure?” by Joel Brenner, Communications of the ACM, November 2010.

THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:

Brenner, Joel.

America the vulnerable : inside the new threat matrix of digital espionage, crime, and warfare / Joel Brenner.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-59420-313-8 (hc.)

ISBN 978-0-14-312211-1 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-0-698-14367-8 (eBook)

1. Computer crimes—United States—Prevention. 2. Internet in espionage—United States. 3. National security—United States. I. Title.

HV6773.2.B74 2011

364.16'80973—dc23

2011019801

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