The hacker and the state : cyber attacks and the new normal of geopolitics / Ben Buchanan.
By: Buchanan, Ben (Writer on cybersecurity) [author.].
Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, ©2020Description: 412 p.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780674987555.Subject(s): Cyber intelligence (Computer security) | Hacking -- Political aspects | Cyberterrorism | Cyberspace operations (Military science) | Cyberspace -- Political aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QA76.9.A25 B823 2020 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000016262 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--