Book Review: Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers (2019). Andy Greenberg.

This book is about the rise of cyber war over the past 15 years, particularly with respect to the Russian intelligence teams that have developed, stolen and tested attacks that shut down and destroyed physical infrastructure as well as computing and data resources in Estonia, Georgia, and especially Ukraine. 

With the NotPetya worm, they attacked major businesses and organizations around the world, causing billions of dollars in losses, and disrupting key social infrastructure, including transportation, power grids and utilities, financial institutions and many other businesses and health care organizations. 

The notorious social influence operations of these Russian teams (including the U.S. 2016 presidential election) is mentioned throughout, but the main focus is on their attacks with direct impacts on the physical machinery and computer systems that support modern life and civilization.

One of the best behind the scenes accounts I've read on these ongoing IT security threats to our infrastructure, which is of elevated importance now due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Russia's deteriorating geopolitical and financial situation.  Recommended.