The I Index

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

Top of the pile

82

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

88/100

Critics

61/100

Scholars

97/100

Author:

Nicole Perlroth

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing

Date:

February 9, 2021

From The New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth, the untold story of the cyberweapons market--the most secretive, invisible, government-sponsored market on earth — and a terrifying first look at a new kind of global warfare.

What The Reviewers Say

Jonathan Tepperman,
The New York Times Book Review
In This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends Nicole Perlroth provides another explanation for the ever-expanding cyberassaults on the United States.
Glenn C. Altschuler,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Scarier than the scariest sci-fi movie, This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race, Ms. Perlroth’s stunningly detailed, must-read book tells the untold story of what may well be the clearest and most present danger facing the world.

Kirkus
A sobering account of a thoroughly hacked and cyberattacked world.

Publishers Weekly
Perlroth debuts with a colorful rundown of threats to the world’s digital infrastructure.