cyberwar-arms-race
The narrative frames the ongoing development and deployment of offensive cyber tools by multiple nations as an accelerating global competition with dangerous implications.
1 chapter across 1 book
Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin’s Most Dangerous Hackers (2019)Andy Greenberg
This chapter introduces the emergence and escalation of cyberwarfare through the activities of the Kremlin-backed hacker group Sandworm, highlighting their devastating attacks on Ukraine's critical infrastructure culminating in the global NotPetya malware outbreak in 2017. It contextualizes these events within a broader geopolitical cyber arms race, emphasizing the unprecedented scale and potential future consequences of state-sponsored digital sabotage. The prologue personalizes the impact by recounting a midnight blackout in Kiev, symbolizing the tangible human and societal effects of cyberattacks.