Summary of John P. Carlin & Garrett M. Graff's Dawn of the Code War

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#1 I first became involved with prosecuting computer crimes in 2004, when I helped prosecute the first peer-to-peer file-sharing case, known as Operation Digital Gridlock. The case proved to be a success, and the government began focusing more resources on computer crimes.

#2 The Recording Industry’s lawsuits against downloaders were not working, so they went after the kingpins of file sharing. They were convicted of federal felony copyright piracy, and the cases were considered successes.

#3 The Justice Department was a long-standing dream of mine. I had always wanted to serve in government, and specifically to try cases in courtrooms as a prosecutor. But like many of the prosecutors and FBI agents who joined the government in the 1990s, I did not consider cybercrime to be my area of expertise.

#4 I wanted to be a prosecutor because I felt that defending the rule of law was the cornerstone of American history. I grew up in New York City during an era when crime appeared rampant and maybe intractable, and I wanted to help fix that.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822518650

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I first became involved with prosecuting computer crimes in 2004, when I helped prosecute the first peer-to-peer file-sharing case, known as Operation Digital Gridlock. The case proved to be a success, and the government began focusing more resources on computer crimes.

#2

The Recording Industry’s lawsuits against downloaders were not working, so they went after the kingpins of file sharing. They were convicted of federal felony copyright piracy, and the cases were considered successes.

#3

The Justice Department was a long-standing dream of mine. I had always wanted to serve in government, and specifically to try cases in courtrooms as a prosecutor. But like many of the prosecutors and FBI agents who joined the government in the 1990s, I did not consider cybercrime to be my area of expertise.

#4

I wanted to be a prosecutor because I felt that defending the rule of law was the cornerstone of American history. I grew up in New York City during an era when crime appeared rampant and maybe intractable, and I wanted to help fix that.

#5

The internet can be a place of hope, where laws can be enforced, and normal behavior can be shaped. But it’s also a place where evildoers can prey upon hapless victims.

#6

The fight to protect democracy and free elections is ongoing, and it was proven in 1996 when John Perry Barlow wrote a Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, in which he stated that the virtual worlds of cyberspace existed beyond the reach of any pedestrian earthly government.

#7

I was eager to get into the Justice Department, and I knew how to use email and make the office printers work. I was part of the first generation of prosecutors who grew up with computers.

#8

The digital realm was not easy to translate to the real world of murders, rapes, and all the other crime that crossed a prosecutor’s desk. It was not easy to figure out how to expand the universe of people who understood cyberspace and get ahead of the trends.

#9

The FBI’s Computer Crime Unit was started in 1991 by Robert Mueller, when he had been the assistant attorney general overseeing the criminal division during George H. W. Bush’s presidency. The unit had a tradition of giving all new attorneys a copy of Cuckoo’s Egg to read.

#10

The internet’s ethos of hacking stems from its origins as a network of copper wires built on a decentralized basis. It was a culture of experimentation, and information should be free and decentralized.

#11

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