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The Hacked World Order
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The Hacked World Order

How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age

Adam Segal
Public Affairs, 2016

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Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

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Recommendation

World powers increasingly use computer espionage to spy on their rivals, spread propaganda and even sabotage nuclear weapons programs. Technology expert Adam Segal’s engaging study persuasively presents cyberspace as the new front line in geopolitical combat. International superpowers, outlier nations and cold-blooded terrorists alike have leapt into cyberwar, portending an unpredictable future for Internet security and diplomatic relations. getAbstract recommends this clearheaded, informative overview to technologists, policy makers, investors and NGOs seeking insight into a new era of international relations and threats.

Take-Aways

  • Cyberwar remakes old assumptions about national security and military engagement.
  • As 1947 marked the first year of the Cold War, 2012 marked the start of an international contest to control cyberspace.
  • Russia officially launched the era of cyberwarfare in 2007 when it attacked Estonian government and business websites.

About the Author

Adam Segal is the Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies and director of the Program on Digital and Cyberspace Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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    S. T. 7 years ago
    Has a number of factual errors and suffers from lazy analysis
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    J. P. 8 years ago
    Apropos in light of the FBI vs Apple case and of course the inevitable InternetOfThings (including self driving cars). Not sure what the author suggests next though? (Hints at post hack public disclosure requirements? A Geneva convention for hacking?)
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    A. M. 8 years ago
    Great