{"product_id":"sandworm-a-new-era-of-cyberwar-and-the-hunt-for-the-kremlins-most-dangerous-hackers","title":"Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCornelius Ryan Citation for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club of America\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eSandworm\u003c\/i\u003e is a sobering examination of an underreported story: The menace Russian hackers pose to the critical infrastructure of the West. With the nuance of a reporter and the pace of a thriller writer, Andy Greenberg gives us a glimpse of the cyberwars of the future while at the same time placing his story in the long arc of Russian and Ukrainian history.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eAnne Applebaum\u003c\/b\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \n\u003ci\u003eGulag\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eRed Famine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An important front-line view of the changing cyberthreats that are shaping our world, their creators, and the professionals who try to protect us.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As Russia has attacked, Greenberg has not been far behind, reporting on these incursions in \n\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e while searching for their perpetrators. Like the best true-crime writing, his narrative is both perversely entertaining and terrifying.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e--\u003cb\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eSandworm \u003c\/i\u003eis much more than a true-life techno-thriller. It's a tour through a realm that is both invisible and critical to the daily lives of every person alive in the 21st century.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Immensely readable...A hair-raising, cautionary tale about the burgeoning, post-Stuxnet world of state-sponsored hackers...Greenberg lays out in chilling detail how future wars will be waged in cyberspace and makes the case that we have done little, as of yet, to prevent it.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] chilling account of a Kremlin-led cyber attack, a new front in global conflict.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Shocking...The book reads like a novel.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSandworm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e offers both a ripping narrative of a hack that broke the world and a worrying glimpse at cyberwar's rapidly evolving future.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWired\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most detailed account yet of Russia's most destructive government-backed hackers.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eAxios \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The must-read guide to state-sponsored hacking.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eBusiness Insider\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Andy Greenberg's \n\u003ci\u003eSandworm \u003c\/i\u003ehas achieved what I thought was no longer possible: it scares me. \n\u003ci\u003eSandworm \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of the Russian GRU hacking team that has evolved in a few short years into the most methodical, persistent, and destructive intelligence agency cyber warriors. After reading \n\u003ci\u003eSandworm \u003c\/i\u003eyou will not doubt those superlatives.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eForbes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Chilling.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A beautifully written deep-dive into a group of Russian hackers blamed for the most disruptive cyberattack in history, NotPetya, This incredibly detailed investigative book leaves no stone unturned, unravelling the work of a highly secretive group that caused billions of dollars of damage.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eTechCrunch \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] fascinating historical document that renders the often bland world of cybersecurity as a human tale that warrants our deepest attention.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eFast Company\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A terrifying and infuriating look at a future in which cyberwar hawks and cyberwar deniers join forces to literally threaten our ability to continue civilization. \n\u003ci\u003eSandworm\u003c\/i\u003e shows how, in our leaders' focus on maintaining digital weapons to attack our enemies, they've left our own critical infrastructure defenseless.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eCory Doctorow\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eLittle Brother\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eRadicalized\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eSandworm\u003c\/i\u003e hits that sweet spot of being both informative and entertaining as hell. In a journey that hopscotches from war-torn Ukraine to shadowy chatrooms to the halls of the UN, Greenberg takes readers on the hunt for the network of Russian hackers behind the most damaging cyberattack to occur so far. It is well worth your read.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eP.W. Singer\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \n\u003ci\u003eGhost Fleet\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eLikeWar\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The good news about Andy Greenberg's \n\u003ci\u003eSandworm\u003c\/i\u003e is that no one has ever dived so deeply into a major hack to illuminate the evolving crisis of a never-ending cyberwar. The bad news is when you finish this gripping narrative, you won't be sleeping as soundly as you did before.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003eSteven Levy\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e, New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eIn the Plex\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eHackers\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lucid and compelling, \n\u003ci\u003eSandworm\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how high-tech warfare is waged today in Eastern Europe: battlefields of computer viruses, software vulnerabilities, and faked digital fingerprints. Where foreign hackers remotely black out cities and feed false election results to television networks. Where laptops become weapons and a word processor becomes a tool to invade a nation's critical infrastructure. The first half of Greenberg's meticulously researched book leaves us wondering: How long before it happens here? The second provides the chilling answer.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eClifford Stoll\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Cuckoo's Egg\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An in-depth investigation of what the Russian military's best cyber unit has already done to disrupt corporations, penetrate utilities, and prepare for cyberwar. Sandworm is a sword of Damocles over the US economy that any US president has to take into account when deciding on whether and how to counter the Kremlin.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003eRichard Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e, former White House counterterrorism coordinator, author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Domain\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eCyber War\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A taut inquiry...Greenberg is an adroit investigator and gifted metaphorist. His lucid, dynamic exposé is a must-read for those worried about the vulnerabilities of the digital world.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A credible, breathless account...[Greenberg] effectively captures the disturbing nature of this new global threat.\" \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Told with the fast-paced style of a thriller, this book is highly recommended for all fans of international intrigue and cyberwarfare. An exceptional account.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e(starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Loaded with original reportage, Greenberg's urgent and clarifying book will inform and worry everyone concerned about national andcyber security...Readers will revel in the details Greenberg provides.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e-- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tANDY GREENBERG is an award-winning senior writer for \n\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, where he covers security, privacy, information freedom, and hacker culture. He is the author of the 2012 book \n\u003ci\u003eThis Machine Kills Secrets. Sandworm \u003c\/i\u003eand excerpts from it have won a Gerald Loeb Award for International Reporting, a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, two Deadline Club Awards from the New York Society of Professional Journalists, and the Cornelius Ryan Citation for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, documentary filmmaker Malika Zouhali-Worrall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"With the nuance of a reporter and the pace of a thriller writer, Andy Greenberg gives us a glimpse of the cyberwars of the future while at the same time placing his story in the long arc of Russian and Ukrainian history.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eAnne Applebaum, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTwilight of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe true story of the most devastating act of cyberwarfare in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track the elite Russian agents behind it: \"[A] chilling account of a Kremlin-led cyberattack, a new front in global conflict\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen. They culminated in the summer of 2017, when the malware known as NotPetya was unleashed, penetrating, disrupting, and paralyzing some of the world's largest businesses--from drug manufacturers to software developers to shipping companies. At the attack's epicenter in Ukraine, ATMs froze. The railway and postal systems shut down. Hospitals went dark. NotPetya spread around the world, inflicting an unprecedented ten billion dollars in damage--the largest, most destructive cyberattack the world had ever seen. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe hackers behind these attacks are quickly gaining a reputation as the most dangerous team of cyberwarriors in history: a group known as Sandworm. Working in the service of Russia's military intelligence agency, they represent a persistent, highly skilled force, one whose talents are matched by their willingness to launch broad, unrestrained attacks on the most critical infrastructure of their adversaries. They target government and private sector, military and civilians alike. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA chilling, globe-spanning detective story, \n\u003ci\u003eSandworm\u003c\/i\u003e considers the danger this force poses to our national security and stability. As the Kremlin's role in foreign government manipulation comes into greater focus, \n\u003ci\u003eSandworm\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the realities not just of Russia's global digital offensive, but of an era where warfare ceases to be waged on the battlefield. It reveals how the lines between digital and physical conflict, between wartime and peacetime, have begun to blur--with world-shaking implications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenberg, Andy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2020-10-20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e True Crime \/ Espionage|Computers \/ Security \/ Viruses \u0026amp; Malware|Political Science \/ World \/ Russian \u0026amp; Soviet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Computer crimes|Russia (Federation)|Hackers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525564638\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780525564638\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52372807483673,"sku":"SP-9780525564638","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780525564638_spiral.png?v=1778450709","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/sandworm-a-new-era-of-cyberwar-and-the-hunt-for-the-kremlins-most-dangerous-hackers","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}