Data Power in Action, Urban Data Politics in Times of Crisis

Year

2024

Publisher

Bristol University Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-52923-355-1

Link

Last Update

14-Jan-2026

Keywords

Technology

Description

While working on this book, one of the editors had to handle the consequences of a cyberattack of his university server by Conti, an infamous Russian group of malevolent hackers. As a consequence, he had no access to all his files for weeks, and some of his personal data were accessible on the darknet. Faculty members were left to speculate why their university was targeted, what the hackers hoped to get out of this, and if a ransom was addressed to the direction of the university. This is one of many instances where our contemporary dependence on data and our...