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Bryan Clough (born 1932, Oldham, Lancashire〔Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths in England and Wales, 1837–1983〕) is an English writer. Clough has written several books and articles dealing with phreakers, hackers and computer virus writers; credit card fraud; banking; and the activities of MI5 during World War II, specifically the Tyler Kent – Anna Wolkoff Affair (2005). == Works == In 1990, Clough and Paul Mungo, a journalist, wrote ''Approaching Zero'' (1992) a book that covered the activities of phreakers, hackers and computer virus writers. It was later published in North America and translations appeared in French, Spanish, Turkish and Japanese. Three incidents of credit card fraud described in the book resulted in much interest in the press.〔The Times (London, England) (30 July 1994): p23.〕 Further investigations resulted in articles on computer viruses,〔"The Bulgarian connection – many US computer viruses traced to one man in Bulgaria". ''Discover, Feb 1993''. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/is_n2_v14/ai_13381563/pg_1 〕 and investigations into 'phantom withdrawals' from ATMs and credit card fraud.〔"Counterfeiters Cash in By Cheating at Cards" ''International Herald Tribune Saturday 18 May 1996.'' http://www.iht.com/articles/1996/05/18/Newfraud.t.php〕 These investigations culminated in the publication of ''Cheating at Cards'' (1994) which revealed 40 ways of fraudulently obtaining money from ATMs; and ''Beware of Your Bank'' (1995) in which he examined mistakes made by banks and explained how to detect errors, and how to obtain compensation. Sparked by a close interest in cryptology, he then turned to the strange case of Tyler Kent, an American national employed as a code and cipher clerk at the American Embassy in London, at a time when Great Britain was at war with Germany and America claimed to be strictly neutral. In May 1940, Kent was arrested, tried ''in camera'' and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. Clough's book ''State Secrets: The Kent-Wolkoff Affair'' (2005) took advantage of privileged access to Government files and also the release of others under the Freedom of Information Act. Sixty-five years after the event, Clough finally revealed the 'real reason' for Kent's arrest and imprisonment – which was very different from the earlier versions in officially-inspired publications. Clough appeared in the documentary ''Churchill and the Fascist Plot'' broadcast on Channel Four on 16 March 2013.〔''Churchill and the Fascist Plot Channel 16 March 2013'' http://www.channel4.com/programmes/churchill-and-the-fascist-plot/4od〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bryan Clough」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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