Fatal System Error

Archival Summary & Scope

In 2004, California computer whiz Barrett Lyon uncovers a major cybercrime ring, plunging him into the evolving world of sophisticated Russian cyber-gangs. As the U.S. government struggles to respond, Britain's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit enlists Lyon's help, sending Welsh detective Andrew Crocker to Russia to track down and prosecute these digital kingpins. *Fatal System Error* provides unprecedented access to the global cyber-underworld, from San Francisco to Russia, revealing the interconnectedness of the Russian cyber-mob and American mafia. It exposes how top criminals gained protection from the Russian government, and through Lyon and Crocker's stories, lays bare the true scale of cybercrime and its existential threat to the Internet.