The Hacker and the State Cyber Attacks and the New Normal of Geopolitics

• Main Author: Buchanan, Ben (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Harvard University Press 2020
• Edition: Print book : English : First printing
• Subjects: Cyber intelligence (Computer security); Hacking > Political aspects; Cyberterrorism
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The threat of cyberwar can feel like something out of a movie: nuclear codes hacked, powerplants melting down, immediate crisis.

Table of 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.