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The Perfect Weapon
War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age
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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.
“Timely and bracing . . . With the deep knowledge and bright clarity that have long characterized his work, Sanger recounts the cunning and dangerous development of cyberspace into the global battlefield of the 21st century.” —Washington Post
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- ISBN: 9780525635437
- File size: 371394 KB
- Duration: 12:53:44
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AudioFile Magazine
Sanger offers a scouring critique of our nation's failure to prepare for the cyberattack on the 2016 election and those ahead, particularly given how active the U.S. has been in enacting cyber warfare abroad. Sanger's concerns sound all the more ominous in the gravelly voice of narrator Robertson Dean. There is a soft element to his deep voice that comes through in useful ways, such as when he's explaining the history and various complex technologies that created the present moment. But there are still times during his narration of the significant harm that can come to the U.S. when one feels as if one is listening to Darth Vader. Given the gravity of Sanger's work, Dean has the perfect voice for convincing listeners to wake up to the dangers ahead. L.E. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
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