The hacker and the state : cyber attacks and the new normal of geopolitics / Ben Buchanan.

By:

Buchanan, Ben

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020Description: 412 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780674987555
0674987551

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

005.8/7

LOC classification:

QA 76.9 B918h 2020

Contents:

Part one. Espionage: Exploiting home-field advantage -- Defeating encryption -- Building a backdoor -- Strategic espionage -- Counterintelligence -- Part two. Attack: Strategic sabotage -- Targeted disruption -- Coercion -- Testing and demonstration -- Part three. Destabilization: Election interference -- Exposure -- Theft, ransom, and manipulation -- Widespread disruption.

Summary: "The threat of cyberwar can feel like something out of a movie: nuclear codes hacked, powerplants melting down, immediate crisis. In reality, state-sponsored hacking looks nothing like this. It's covert, insidious, and constant. Ben Buchanan reveals the cyberwar that's already here, reshaping the global contest for geopolitical advantage"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The threat of cyberwar can feel like something out of a movie: nuclear codes hacked, powerplants melting down, immediate crisis. In reality, state-sponsored hacking looks nothing like this. It's covert, insidious, and constant. Ben Buchanan reveals the cyberwar that's already here, reshaping the global contest for geopolitical advantage"-- Provided by publisher.

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