In the summer of 2016, unknown individuals leaked the emails of top US Democratic Party officials online, and Russian hackers, presumably working for the Kremlin, instantly became a major global news story. Meduza special correspondent Daniil Turovsky, winner of the GQ Journalist of the Year award and four Editorial Board awards, had been writing about these hackers for several years by then: some published email archives of Russian officials, others hacked government websites in neighboring countries at the request of intelligence agencies, and still others simply made millions by stealing money from around the world. 'Invasion' is the definitive history of Russian hackers: from Soviet math schools and post-Soviet poverty to global cyberwar and transnational criminal groups. The book describes a new type of power—but, as Turovsky shows, the people who wield this power face the same moral dilemmas, choosing between prison and poverty, feeling and duty, good and evil.

Author: Daniil Turovsky
Publishing House: Individuum
Year: 2019
Number of pages: 296
Cover type: Paperback
Age group: 18+