Positively chilling to realize how rampant crime is on the Internet, perpetrated by both criminals and foreign governments. Startling also to realize how big a target we Americans are--again, both for criminals and for foreign governments. Reading this will help you understand how treacherous the Internet is, and help you imagine how many people are gunning for your credit card numbers, your money, and your identity.

This book also portrayed how easily criminals get away with what they're doing, simply because law enforcement in their countries is inept, lackadaisical, or (more often) complicit. The playground ain't level.

This book was long on personal details and short on technical details, which left me wanting. I read so many Russian names that I started to append "-ovich" to my children's names, but didn't gain any better understanding into how these miscreants perpetrate their attacks or, more importantly, how to defend against them. I guess that wasn't the point of this book, but I wish it were.