The Hacker And The State: Cyber Attacks And The New Normal Of Geopolitics

433 Pages·2020·20.573 MB·English

by  Ben Buchanan

THE HACKER
AND THE STATE

HACKER
THE
STATE
AND THE
Cyber Attacks and the
New Normal of Geopolitics
Ben Buchanan
Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts, and London, England 2020
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Copyright © 2020 by Ben Buchanan
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of Amer i ca
First printing
Jacket image: Aerial photograph of the National Reconnaissance Office by Trevor
Paglen, 2013.
Jacket design: Tim Jones
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Buchanan, Ben (Writer on cybersecurity), author.
Title: The hacker and the state : cyber attacks and the new
normal of geopolitics / Ben Buchanan.
Description: Cambridge, Mas sa chu setts : Harvard University Press, 2020. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019033274 | ISBN 9780674987555 (cloth)
Subjects: Cyber intelligence (Computer security). | Hacking— Political
aspects. | Cyberterrorism. | Cyberspace operations (Military science). |
Cyberspace— Political aspects.
Classification: QA76.9.A25 B823 2020 | DDC— dc23
LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2019033274
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Contents
Introduction 1
PART ONE ESPIONAGE
1 Exploiting Home- Field Advantage 13
2 Defeating Encryption 40
3 Building a Backdoor 62
4 Strategic Espionage 86
5 Counterintelligence 108
PART TWO ATTACK
6 Strategic Sabotage 129
7 Targeted Disruption 148
8 Coercion 167
9 Testing and Demonstration 187
PART THREE DESTABILIZATION
10 Election Interference 211
11 Exposure 240
12 Theft, Ransom, and Manipulation 268
13 Widespread Disruption 288
Conclusion 306
Notes 321
Acknowl edgments 391
Index 395