@War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex

By: Shane Harris

Published November 11th 2014 by Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (first published November 6th 2014)

Category: Business

Pages: 288 pages

ISBN: 9780544251793

Description:
AÊsurprising, page-turning account of how the wars of the future are already being fought todayThe United States military currently views cyberspace as the Òfifth domainÓ of warfare (alongside land, air, sea, and space), and the Department of Defense,Êthe National Security Agency, and the CIAÊall 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 AmericaÕs 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 Ñ and are vulnerable to its dangers.