Invasion. A Brief History of Russian Hackers

In the summer of 2016, unknown individuals posted online the correspondence of high-ranking officials from the Democratic Party of the USA - and Russian hackers, presumably working for the Kremlin, instantly became one of the main narratives in global politics. Special correspondent of "Meduza", GQ award-winning journalist of the year, and holder of four "Redkollegiya" awards Daniil Turovsky had already been writing about these individuals for several years by then: some of them published archives of emails from Russian officials, others hacked government websites of neighboring countries at the request of intelligence agencies, and others simply earned millions by stealing them worldwide. "Invasion" is the most comprehensive story of Russian hackers: from Soviet math schools and post-Soviet poverty to global cyberwarfare and transnational criminal organizations. 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.