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WINNER OF THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021
The instant New York Times bestseller
A Financial Times and The Times Book of the Year
'A terrifying exposé' The Times
'Part John le Carré . . . Spellbinding' New Yorker
We plug in anything we can to the internet. We can control our entire lives, economy and grid via a remote web control. But over the past decade, as this transformation took place, we never paused to think that we were also creating the world's largest attack surface. And that the same nation that maintains the greatest cyber advantage on earth could also be among its most vulnerable.
Filled with spies, hackers, arms dealers and a few unsung heroes, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends is an astonishing and gripping feat of journalism. Drawing on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, Nicole Perlroth lifts the curtain on a market in shadow, revealing the urgent threat faced by us all if we cannot bring the global cyber arms race to heel.
About the author
Nicole Perlroth spent a decade as the lead cybersecurity, digital espionage and sabotage reporter for The New York Times. Her work has received widespread praise from The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The Economist, and The New York Times, including mentions in Wired, PBS, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among others. She has been featured as a guest on Fresh Air, The Rachel Maddow Show, CNN, the New York Times podcasts The Daily and Sway, VOX’s Pivot podcast, and many more. She lectures at Stanford University and regularly delivers keynote addresses and speeches. She is currently serving as an advisor to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). She also joined the Council on Foreign Relations’ Cybersecurity Task Force. She lives with her family in the Bay Area.
Summary
WINNER OF THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021
The instant New York Times bestseller
A Financial Times and The Times Book of the Year
'A terrifying exposé' The Times
'Part John le Carré . . . Spellbinding' New Yorker
We plug in anything we can to the internet. We can control our entire lives, economy and grid via a remote web control. But over the past decade, as this transformation took place, we never paused to think that we were also creating the world's largest attack surface. And that the same nation that maintains the greatest cyber advantage on earth could also be among its most vulnerable.
Filled with spies, hackers, arms dealers and a few unsung heroes, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends is an astonishing and gripping feat of journalism. Drawing on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, Nicole Perlroth lifts the curtain on a market in shadow, revealing the urgent threat faced by us all if we cannot bring the global cyber arms race to heel.
Foreword
From New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth, the untold story of the cyberweapons market - the most secretive, invisible, government-sponsored market on earth - and a terrifying first look at a new kind of global warfare.
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A whirlwind global tour that introduces us to the crazy characters and bizarre stories behind the struggle to control the internet. It would be unbelievable if it wasn't all so very true
Report
An intricately detailed, deeply sourced and reported history of the origins and growth of the [cyberweapons] market and the global cyberweapons arms race it has sparked . . . This is no bloodless, just-the-facts chronicle. Written in the hot, propulsive prose of a spy thriller, Perlroth's book sets out from the start to scare us out of our complacency . . . Perlroth comes at the reader hard, like an angry Cassandra who has spent the last seven years of her life unmasking the signs of our impending doom - only to be ignored again and again . . . A strong, data-driven case for action Jonathan Tepperman New York Times
