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The book 'Dark Territory' was mentioned when discussing Ronald Reagan's reaction to the movie War Games. The author of the book, Fred Kaplan, had written about the history of cyber war in the book, which allegedly led Reagan to ask the Joint Chiefs to investigate the threat of cyberwarfare.
Fred Kaplan who wrote a book about the history of cyber war called Dark Territory.
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Episode: Phone Phreaking: The Advent of Hacking
The book 'Dark Territory' was mentioned when discussing Ronald Reagan's reaction to the movie War Games. The author of the book, Fred Kaplan, had written about the history of cyber war in the book, which allegedly led Reagan to ask the Joint Chiefs to investigate the threat of cyberwarfare.
Fred Kaplan who wrote a book about the history of cyber war called Dark Territory.
And apparently Reagan saw this film, was so freaked out by it that he got the joint chiefs together and was can this happen? Somebody go find out. And the chairman of the joint chiefs, a guy named General John Vesey went and investigated and came back and he said, quote, Mr. President, the problem is much worse than you think.