The war, sabotage, and fear in the cyber age Sanger, David E. 1960- creator text bibliography nyu New York Broadway Books 2019 First paperback edition. monographic eng

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xix, 378 pages ; 21 cm The Perfect Weapon is the startling inside story of how the rise of cyberweapons transformed geopolitics like nothing since the invention of the atomic bomb. Cheap to acquire, easy to deny, and usable for a variety of malicious purposes, cyber is now the weapon of choice for democracies, dictators, and terrorists. Two presidents—Bush and Obama—drew first blood with Operation Olympic Games, which used malicious code to blow up Iran’s nuclear centrifuges, and yet America proved remarkably unprepared when its own weapons were stolen from its arsenal and, during President Trump’s first year, turned back on the United States and its allies. And if Obama would begin his presidency by helping to launch the new era of cyberwar, he would end it struggling unsuccessfully to defend against Russia’s broad attack on the 2016 US election. Moving from the White House Situation Room to the dens of Chinese government hackers to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley, New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger reveals a world coming face-to-face with the perils of technological revolution, where everyone is a target. From Russia, with love -- Original sins -- Pandora's inbox -- The hundred-dollar takedown -- Man in the middle -- The China rules -- The Kims strike back -- Putin's petri dish -- The fumble -- Warning from the Cotswolds -- The slow awakening -- Three crises in the valley -- Left of launch -- Reckonings -- Afterword. David E. Sanger. Originally published: New York : Crown Publishers, 2018. Updated with a new chapter. Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-364) and index. Cyberterrorism Ciberterrorismo Cyberterrorism Prevention Ciberterrorismo Prevención Internet and international relations Technology and international relations Internet in espionage Cyberspace Political aspects Ciberespacio Aspectos políticos Hacking Political aspects Hackers (Informática) HV 6773.15 S195p 2019 363.325 9780451497901 (pbk.) 0451497902 (pbk.) 2019301462 DLC 190513 20230411090900.0 20971494 eng