Sandworm

A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

hardcover, 368 pages

Published Nov. 5, 2019 by Doubleday.

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978-0-385-54440-5
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A chilling, globe-spanning detective story, tracking an elite group of Russian hackers and the future of global warfare

In 2014, the world witnessed the start of an escalating series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes became ever more brazen, eventually leading to the first-ever blackouts triggered by hackers. They culminated in the summer of 2017 when malware known as NotPetya was unleashed, compromising, disrupting, and paralyzing some of the world's largest companies. At the attack's epicenter in Ukraine, ATMs froze. The railway and postal systems shut down. NotPetya spread around the world, inflicting an unprecedented ten billions of dollars in damage--the largest, most penetrating cyberattack the world had ever seen.

The hackers behind these attacks are quickly gaining a reputation as the most dangerous team of cyberwarriors in the internet's history: Sandworm. Believed to be working in the service of Russia's …

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Sandworm

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Andy Greenberg’s Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers is a gripping and riveting account of the dark side of the internet. Greenberg takes readers on a remarkable journey through the murky world of cyberespionage, showing how the Russian government has used malicious cyberattacks to meddle in the affairs of neighboring countries, the United States and even private enterprises.

Greenberg expertly details the rise of the Sandworm team and the operations they have orchestrated over the last decade, from the notorious NotPetya attack that crippled shipping giant Maersk to their suspected involvement in the 2016 US election interference. He skillfully weaves together the threads of this international saga and provides invaluable insight into the motivations and tactics of Kremlin-backed hackers.

The narrative is both informative and entertaining, with Greenberg interweaving personal anecdotes and interviews with the players in this high-stakes game, such …

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