The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age

David E. Sanger

An impressive story about the beginnings and course of the use of cyberweapons, which challenge the balance of power that has been established in the world since the invention of the atomic bomb. Built on a large amount of insider information, it takes the reader into an inconspicuous, but threatening to the very foundations of technogenic civilization confrontation in cyberspace. Th e author leads us through meetings in the White House Situation Room and discussions in the meeting rooms of Silicon Valley enterprises, through the dens of Russian, Chinese or North Korean hackers, covers the activities of special services and units of armed forces. We will find a description of cyberattacks against the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea, Ukraine’s energy network, Saudi Aramco Oil Company, Sony Corporation, banking institutions, Anthem Health Insurance Companies, etc., and realize how vulnerable we are to this new and highly effective weapon.