★ The autobiography of the legendary hacker Dmitry Artimovich!
★ Dmitry Artimovich was labeled a "Russian hacker" by *The New York Times*, fueling media frenzy about Russian hackers, whom they accused of interfering in the US elections.
★ Who are hackers really? Are the rumors about them true? Are hackers connected to the state? How do hackers become thieves? Dmitry Artimovich answers these questions in detail in this book.
★ Partial English translation samples available.

Dmitry Artimovich – a legendary Russian hacker, expert in payment systems and programming, author of the book *Electronic Payments on the Internet*. In his book, Dmitry Artimovich talks about his childhood during perestroika, when his family could barely make ends meet. He performed poorly in humanities, his parents were always busy. They sold their country house and bought a personal computer, which became an escape from the world. Dmitry Artimovich became passionate about games, and as a small revenge for being banned, he created his first remote access Trojan. He learned programming languages, dropped out of university, and found a job. Although he couldn't keep that job, he and his brother threw themselves into programming. He was introduced to other IT people who fought each other on the internet, beyond the reach of the law. Soon, the Artimovich brothers found themselves at the center of a cybercrime investigation.

In 2010, he paralyzed Aeroflot's work with a DDoS attack on the company responsible for internal transactions; this incident took experts over a week to fix. This made Dmitry Artimovich world-famous overnight. Russian and foreign journalists immediately became active. Everyone was talking about the fearsome and uncompromising Russian hackers: could they really influence everything from the World Bank to the US presidential elections? Who are hackers really? Are the rumors about them true? Are hackers connected to the state? How do hackers become thieves? In his book *I Am a Hacker! A Chronicle of a Lost Generation*, Dmitry Artimovich answers these questions in detail.

In this book, you will learn:
- Why the formula "study well and you'll get a good job" sometimes doesn't work;
- How to turn a hobby into your life's work, why thoughts are material;
- Why Russia produces so many hackers, and how dangerous hackers really are;
- What risks one takes by becoming a hacker;
- What are the prospects for programmers in Russia and abroad? Why do so many talented professionals leave, and who is to blame;
- Why someone always tries to manipulate you and how to stop it;

[Author] Dmitry Artimovich
Russian hacker, expert in payment systems and programming, author of *Electronic Payments on the Internet*.
Dmitry Artimovich is an expert in payment systems. He headed one of Russia's earliest payment services – ChronoPay, and is known in Russia as one of the leading experts in electronic payment systems. In a series of interviews with *The New York Times* and other media, he has been referred to as a Russian hacker. However, he prefers to be seen as a computer technology specialist. His main interests are economics and finance.