Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Sandworm, Andy Greenberg

Sandworm:  A new era of cyberwar and the hunt for the Kremlin's most dangerous hackers by Andy Greenberg is a book about the current effort by Russia to sway the presidential election.

Started: 2/2/2020
Completed: 2/5/2020
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: I think that I read a review in the Washington Post.

Review:

This book reminded me of a much easier to read Cuckoo's Nest (which is referenced).  It is.  The story is not as compelling to a computer guy, but it is much better assembled into a story that is easy to follow.

Pretty amazing how thoroughly Greenberg reviewed the material and clearly explained all the convoluted and twisting details of a number of cyber attacks that were all linked back to Russia.  It is also threatening to think about how the internet now has access to things that (possibly) can no longer be run manually.

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