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Book dives deep into the lives and work of 'The Ransomware Hunting Team'

NPR

Published October 16, 2023 at 7:40 AM CDT

Find a book excerpt here.

We revisit Scott Tong’s December 2022 conversation with ProPublica reporters Daniel Golden and Renee Dudley.

Their book “The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits’ Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime” is out in paperback next week. It profiles the cyber experts who go after those who hack and hold companies’ and organizations’ data hostage.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.