The Plot to Hack America

The Plot to Hack America
The Plot to Hack America
The Plot to Hack America
AuthorMalcolm Nance
Spencer Ackerman (foreword)
Audio read byGregory Itzin
Original titleThe Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election
Cover artistBrian Peterson
LanguageEnglish
SubjectRussian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections
PublisherSkyhorse Publishing
Publication date
October 10, 2016
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages216
ISBN978-1-5107-3468-5 (Hardcover)
OCLC987592653
Preceded byDefeating ISIS 
Followed byHacking ISIS 
WebsiteOfficial website
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The Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election is a non-fiction book by Malcolm Nance about the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. It was published in paperback, audiobook, and e-book formats in 2016 by Skyhorse Publishing. A second edition was also published the same year, and a third edition in 2017. Nance researched Russian intelligence, working as a Russian interpreter and studying KGB history.[1][3]

Nance described the black propaganda warfare known as active measures by RT (Russia Today) and Sputnik News. He recounts Vladimir Putin's KGB rise, and details the myriad links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies. Nance concludes that Putin managed the cyberattack by hacker groups Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear.[1][4]

The Wall Street Journal placed the book in its list of "Best-Selling Books" for the week of February 19, 2017, at seventh place in the category "Nonfiction E-Books".[5] New York Journal of Books called it "an essential primer for anyone wanting to be fully informed about the unprecedented events surrounding the 2016 U.S. presidential election."[1] Napa Valley Register described Nance's work as "the best book on the subject".[6] The Huffington Post remarked Putin had played a Game of Thrones with the election.[7] Newsweek wrote that the problem with disinformation tactics is that by the time they are debunked, the public has already consumed the falsehoods.[8]

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