Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Sandworm
- A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
Sandworm
Buy Now for £12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
"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
The true story of the most devastating act of cyberwarfare in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track the elite Russian agents behind it: "[A] chilling account of a Kremlin-led cyberattack, a new front in global conflict" (Financial Times).
In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen. They culminated in the summer of 2017, when the malware known as NotPetya was unleashed, penetrating, disrupting, and paralyzing some of the world's largest businesses—from drug manufacturers to software developers to shipping companies. At the attack's epicenter in Ukraine, ATMs froze. The railway and postal systems shut down. Hospitals went dark. NotPetya spread around the world, inflicting an unprecedented ten billion dollars in damage—the largest, most destructive cyberattack the world had ever seen.
The hackers behind these attacks are quickly gaining a reputation as the most dangerous team of cyberwarriors in history: a group known as Sandworm. Working in the service of Russia's military intelligence agency, they represent a persistent, highly skilled force, one whose talents are matched by their willingness to launch broad, unrestrained attacks on the most critical infrastructure of their adversaries. They target government and private sector, military and civilians alike.
A chilling, globe-spanning detective story, Sandworm considers the danger this force poses to our national security and stability. As the Kremlin's role in foreign government manipulation comes into greater focus, Sandworm exposes the realities not just of Russia's global digital offensive, but of an era where warfare ceases to be waged on the battlefield. It reveals how the lines between digital and physical conflict, between wartime and peacetime, have begun to blur—with world-shaking implications.
Critic reviews
"Winner of the Cornelius Ryan Citation for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club of America
"Sandworm is a sobering examination of an underreported story: The menace Russian hackers pose to the critical infrastructure of the West. 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, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Gulag and Red Famine
"An important front-line view of the changing cyberthreats that are shaping our world, their creators, and the professionals who try to protect us.”—Nature
“As Russia has attacked, Greenberg has not been far behind, reporting on these incursions in Wired while searching for their perpetrators. Like the best true-crime writing, his narrative is both perversely entertaining and terrifying.” —New York Review of Books
More from the same
What listeners say about Sandworm
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 18-10-20
A must listen if you are into IT Security.
This audio book is a must listen if you are in to IT Security. I do highly recommend it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- C. Campbell
- 16-09-21
Fascinating and approachable introduction to cyber
This book reads as a series of articles that gradually builds a narrative of state sponsored hacking by the US and Russia. While clearly written from the Western perspective, this book illuminates the sabotage and espionage being carried out online, and the impact that can have on the systems on which we rely.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Igs M
- 28-02-21
Interesting and well written
I really enjoyed this book, as it covers a lot of recent APT hacks and was very well researched.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Sidney Harbour-Bridge
- 10-01-22
Excellent stuff
Brilliant account of Russian cyber warfare meddling around the world over the years. Incredibly well researched and told. It’s a fascinating and slightly un-nerving book. Highly recommended listening, even more so if you know anything about I.T.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 05-08-22
Great Listen
Very interesting and in depth. Thoroughly enjoyed the political ties and the was a real eye opener how exposed our industries might
be!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Erwin
- 08-06-22
Non fiction written like a fitxing book
The way this book is written makes you want to continue to read to know what's next. Multiple times, I've been wondering whether all of this has been real.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Woz
- 23-05-21
An interesting listen for anyone
I work in the IT industry and was recommended this book but told it would be if interest anyone, even without any technical background. To a large part, I agree, the level of information and research that has gone into writing this book is staggering. Far beyond the world of IT, the background on international conflict and competition paints a complete picture that is both disturbing and thought provoking. the narration too was spot on and dragged me into the book. I'll definitely be listening to this one again and wouldn't hesitate recommending it as a great listen.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Martin L�fqvist
- 05-08-20
Well researched and smart
A deep dive into the world of russian state sponsored hacking that paints a grim picture of the current state of cyber warfare by examining a web of minicule details
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 13-02-21
Impressions of potential worldwide dystopia
Exciting frightening well researched and throughly engrossing account of the internets ability to be hijacked manipulated and tossed aside by malignant actors
Can’t recommend enough
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Rui Ribeiro
- 15-01-20
Highly recommended
A well written and very well narrated book on state sponsored hacking and cyber warfare, alerting readers for the already is a new reality, with cyber attacks against infrastructure and general unpreparedness for what that entails.
The subject is interesting, it's becoming ever more relevant, it is treated with knowledge and perspective and it is thus highly recommendable.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful