"Extremely readable ... about a child-raising, post-Stuxnet world of state-sponsored hackers.
-Washington Post
From Wired senior writer Andy Greenberg comes the true story of the most devastating cyber attack in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track down the elite Russian agents behind it.
In 2014, the world saw the beginning of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. The attacks increased ever more, targeting American utility companies, NATO and power grids in Eastern Europe. They culminated in the summer of 2017, when malware, called NotPetia, spread to some of the world's biggest businesses — from drug makers to software developers to shipping companies. At the epicenter of the attack in Ukraine, ATMs froze. Railway and postal systems shut down. There was darkness in hospitals. NotPetya spread around the world, causing an unprecedented ten billion dollar loss - the world's largest, most devastating cyber attack.
The hackers behind these attacks are quickly gaining a reputation as the most dangerous team of cyberwarriors in history: a group known as sandworms. Working in the service of Russia's military intelligence agency, they represent a relentless, highly skilled force whose talents are matched by a desire to launch extensive, unrestrained attacks on the most critical infrastructure of their opponents. They target government and private sector, military and civilians alike.
The chilling, globally-spying detective story, Sandworm considers the threat that this force is a threat to our national security and stability. As the Kremlin's role in the manipulation of the foreign government comes to greater attention, the sandworm not only exposes the realities of Russia's global digital offensive, but in an era where war stops on the battlefield. This suggests that the lines between digital and physical conflict, between wartime and peacock, have begun to blur with implications that have shaken the world.
-Washington Post
From Wired senior writer Andy Greenberg comes the true story of the most devastating cyber attack in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track down the elite Russian agents behind it.
In 2014, the world saw the beginning of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. The attacks increased ever more, targeting American utility companies, NATO and power grids in Eastern Europe. They culminated in the summer of 2017, when malware, called NotPetia, spread to some of the world's biggest businesses — from drug makers to software developers to shipping companies. At the epicenter of the attack in Ukraine, ATMs froze. Railway and postal systems shut down. There was darkness in hospitals. NotPetya spread around the world, causing an unprecedented ten billion dollar loss - the world's largest, most devastating cyber attack.
The hackers behind these attacks are quickly gaining a reputation as the most dangerous team of cyberwarriors in history: a group known as sandworms. Working in the service of Russia's military intelligence agency, they represent a relentless, highly skilled force whose talents are matched by a desire to launch extensive, unrestrained attacks on the most critical infrastructure of their opponents. They target government and private sector, military and civilians alike.
The chilling, globally-spying detective story, Sandworm considers the threat that this force is a threat to our national security and stability. As the Kremlin's role in the manipulation of the foreign government comes to greater attention, the sandworm not only exposes the realities of Russia's global digital offensive, but in an era where war stops on the battlefield. This suggests that the lines between digital and physical conflict, between wartime and peacock, have begun to blur with implications that have shaken the world.