USA Today reporter pens new security tome

Kingston resident and Pulitzer Prize winner Byron Acohido, who now writes for USA Today has co-authored a new book with USA Today tech writer Jon Swartz on security threats to sensitive data and financial transactions. Due to be released in April, Zero Day Threat explores how banks and credit bureaus are actually helping cyber crooks steal personal identities. Barnes & Noble will carry the book, and it's garnering rave reviews from security consultants who know the industry well. Local residents may remember Acohido in the mid 1990s as the then-Seattle Times reporter who broke the story on design flaws with Boeing's 737, causing a massive (and expensive) recall and replacement effort.

-posted by Rachel