The Perfect Weapon David E. Sanger

The Perfect Weapon by David E. Sanger

• The book is about cyberwarfare — how countries use hacking as a new kind of weapon.

• Cyberattacks are cheap, secret, and powerful, making them the “perfect weapon.”

• The U.S. used cyber tools (like Stuxnet on Iran’s nuclear program), but now countries like Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran use them too.

• Examples include Russia hacking the 2016 U.S. election and attacks on banks, power grids, and companies.

• Unlike nuclear weapons, cyberweapons are used all the time, not just as threats.

• The danger: the world has no clear rules for cyberwar, and almost everyone is vulnerable.

The book warns that cyberweapons are changing how wars and conflicts are fought, and the world is not ready to deal with it.