Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations: The Art of Analyzing Hacked and Lealed Data - EARLY ACCESS EDITION [Early Access Edition]
9781718503120, 9781718503137
Data-science investigations have brought journalism into the 21st century, and—guided by The Intercept’s infosec expert
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Year 2023
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Table of contents :
Front Cover
No Starch Press Early Access Program
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Sources and Datasets
Chapter 1: Protecting Sources and Yourself
Chapter 2: Acquiring Datasets
Part II: Tools of the Trade
Chapter 3: The Command Line Interface
Chapter 4: Exploring Datasets in the Terminal
Chapter 5: Docker, Aleph, and Making Datasets Searchable
Chapter 6: Reading Other People’s Email
Part III: Python Programming
Chapter 7: An Introduction to Python
Chapter 8: Working with Data in Python
Part IV: Structured Data
Chapter 9: BlueLeaks, Black Lives Matter, and the CSV File Format
Chapter 10: BlueLeaks Explorer
Chapter 11: Parler, the January 6 Insurrection, and the JSON File Format
Chapter 12: Epik Fail, Extremism Research, and SQL Databases
Part V: Case Studies
Chapter 13: Pandemic Profiteers and COVID-19 Disinformation
Chapter 14: Neo-Nazis and Their Chat Rooms
Afterword
Appendix A: Solutions to Common WSL Problems
Appendix B: Scraping the Web