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"With the nuance of a reporter and the pace of a thriller writer, Andy Greenberg gives us a glimpse of the cyberwars of the future while at the same time placing his story in the long arc of Russian and Ukrainian history." —Anne Applebaum, bestselling author of Twilight of Democracy

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2 authors picked Sandworm as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I found myself catching my breath as I read this riveting nonfiction tale chronicling "perhaps the first true, wide-scale cyberwar in history,” launched by the hacker group now known as Sandworm.

I was thrilled to be swept along on the high-stakes hunt for an “invisible force….striking out from an unknown origin to sabotage, on a massive scale, the technologies that underpin civilization,” and I was gratified by the meticulous tracing, tracking, and revelation of the Russian villains of Sandworm.

Ever wondered what Russian hackers have been up to over the last few years? I found this a really sobering read, but at the same time, I loved hearing the stories of the people who work so hard to keep us safe.

Hackers are usually pretty big nerds, so it’s not really surprising that the title of this book comes from how cybercriminals embedded references to Frank Herbert’s book Dune into the code they used to carry out cyberattacks against Ukraine and other countries.

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