Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (November 11, 2014)
A surprising, page-turning account of how the wars of the future are already being fought today
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United States military currently views cyberspace as the “fifth domain”
of warfare (alongside land, air, sea, and space), and the Department of
Defense, the National Security Agency, and the CIA all field teams of
hackers who can, and do, launch computer virus strikes against enemy
targets. In fact, as @WAR shows, U.S. hackers were crucial to our
victory in Iraq. Shane Harris delves into the frontlines of America’s
new cyber war. As recent revelations have shown, government agencies are
joining with tech giants like Google and Facebook to collect vast
amounts of information. The military has also formed a new alliance with
tech and finance companies to patrol cyberspace, and Harris offers a
deeper glimpse into this partnership than we have ever seen before.
Finally, Harris explains what the new cybersecurity regime means for all
of us, who spend our daily lives bound to the Internet — and are
vulnerable to its dangers.
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