Manipulated, Theresa Payton
Manipulated, Theresa Payton
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Manipulated
Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth

Author: Theresa Payton

Narrator: Christopher Lane, Theresa Payton

Unabridged: 14 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/28/2020

Synopsis

Cybersecurity expert Theresa Payton tells battlefront stories from the global war being conducted through clicks, swipes, internet access, technical backdoors and massive espionage schemes. She investigates the cyberwarriors who are planning tomorrow’s attacks, weaving a fascinating yet bone-chilling tale of Artificial Intelligent mutations carrying out attacks without human intervention, “deepfake” videos that look real to the naked eye, and chatbots that beget other chatbots. Finally, Payton offers readers telltale signs that their most fundamental beliefs are being meddled with and actions they can take or demand that corporations and elected officials must take before it is too late.Payton reveals:How digital voting machines, voting online, and automatic registration may boost turnout but make us more vulnerable to cyberattacks.How trolls from Russia and other nations actively stoke discord among Americans in falsely-generated controversies over race relations, vaccinations, fracking, and other social issues. Whether what we have uncovered from the Mueller investigation so far is only what they wanted us to know.

About Theresa Payton

Theresa Payton is the Chief Advisor and CEO of Fortalice®, LLC, and former White House Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Executive Office of the President (EOP) from 2006-2008. She was the first woman to hold this position, and currently holds a Top Secret Clearance. Theresa currently delivers security, risk, and fraud consulting services to private and public organizations. In addition to working with key clients in the private and public sector, Theresa is also Emeritus Faculty for the Security Executive Council and hosts a weekly segment on Charlotte, North Carolina’s WBTV called “Protecting Your Cyberturf” targeted at helping viewers stay safer online. Theresa started her career in banking in 1990 and was in the industry until 2006. She was named one of the top 25 “Most Influential People in Security” for 2010 by Security Magazine for her tireless efforts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lauren

If you, like me, are somewhat terrified and also uneducated about the prospect of foreign nations hacking and hijacking our elections, this is the book for you to read. Payton is a cybersecurity expert and has been working in the field for decades, long before "fake news" and "Russian bots" were eve......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

This book completely changed my view on the authenticity of social media. It's well documented, now, post-Mueller Report and Senate Relations Report(s), that foreign agents, some working ideologically on behalf of governments, many working solely for pay (it's their job!), manipulate social media pl......more

Goodreads review by Paul

This book looks at who, and what, is behind the huge rise in online "fake news." The author places most of the blame on Russia; China, Iran and North Korea are certainly involved, but Russia is behind the vast majority of the nonsense on social media. Their object is not just to influence American e......more

Goodreads review by Melissa

This book had me on the edge of my seat from the start with the author's almost whispered prologue where she divulges that she is what many considers a conspiracy theorist, through the amazingly chilling chapter of secrets with Hacker X, and all the way to the end game - informing us how to spot whe......more

Quotes

“With decades of experience in cyber conflict, Payton is the perfect guide to help us understand our new era of hacked elections and non-stop disinformation campaigns. Fortunately, MANIPULATED doesn't stop there: Payton gives us a call to action and clear recommendations for how individual citizens, big tech corporations, governments, and the international community of democratic nations can push back and win” --Emilian Papadopoulos, President, Good Harbor Cyber Security Risk Management"MANIPULATED covers riveting explorations of events over the past decade as well as current happenings not in the public eye. Theresa has a keen sense of extrapolating today's cybercrime methods into tomorrow's unknown threat vectors. She leaves everyone with hope by providing the reader with a how to guide to deflect manipulation campaigns." --Scott Schober, CEO of BVS, Author, Cyber Expert."Theresa Payton's experience, intelligence, and passion reach off the pages of MANIPULATED to shake our shoulders and us up. This isn't fiction, and it isn't a movie script, it is a testimonial aimed to clear the fog in our information-overloaded world, and demand that we go back to our foundations - that truth is a requirement and needs tending, that foreign interference isn't acceptable in how we make free choices, and that we're not bystanders. Read this book, twice, and see her justification for the included blueprints to big tech, governments, and all of us to restore those essential foundations. Apathy, ignorance, and misperception are what others want, Payton wants quite the opposite." --John N. Stewart, SVP, Chief Security and Trust Officer CISCO

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