This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

“Her take is that we have ignored what’s going on behind the scenes in the world of cybersecurity. She takes on the question of the dark web, where a lot of really devious and dark stuff is happening in an arms race between cybercriminals, hackers and spies for national governments…It’s a frightening book. Perlroth doesn’t pull any punches, and I don’t think I’m misrepresenting the judges when I say that they were all bug-eyed with fear after reading it. It’s a big, jolting call to the world to wake up to something that might turn into disaster.” Read more...

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