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This book presents a data-driven message that exposes the cyberwar media campaign being directed by the Pentagon and its patronage networks. By demonstrating that the American public is being coerced by a threat that has been blown out of proportionmuch like the run-up to the Gulf War or the global war on terrorthis book discusses how the notion of cyberwar instills a crisis mentality that discourages formal risk assessment, making the public anxious and hence susceptible to ill-conceived solutions. With content that challenges conventional notions regarding cyber security, Behold a Pale Farce covers topicsincluding cybercrime modern espionage mass-surveillance systems and the threats facing infrastructure targets such as the Federal Reserve, the stock exchange, and telecommunicationsin a way that provides objective analysis rather than advocacy.