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

The Hacker and the State is a groundbreaking book that reveals the shocking truth about the real geopolitical competition of the digital age.

Based on interviews, declassified files, and forensic analysis of company reports, this book sets aside fantasies of cyber-annihilation to explore the dark underbelly of cyber warfare.

With little fanfare and far less scrutiny, nations are engaged in a relentless struggle for dominance, using tactics such as underseas cable taps, underground nuclear sabotage, blackouts, data breaches, billion-dollar heists, and election interference.

The book reveals why cyber attacks are far less destructive than we anticipated but much harder to prevent, and how they have reshaped our national-security priorities and transformed spycraft and statecraft.

The United States and its allies can no longer dominate the way they once did, and the nation that hacks best will triumph.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the true nature of cyber warfare and how it will shape the future of geopolitics.