TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pegues,Jeff
TI  - Kompromat: how Russia undermined American democracy 
SN  - 9781633884298 (hardback)
AV  - E911 .P44 2018
U1  - 324.973/09051 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Amherst, New York
PB  - Prometheus Books
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - Election, 2016
KW  - Hacking
KW  - Russia (Federation)
KW  - Propaganda, Russian
KW  - Elections
KW  - Corrupt practices
KW  - Internet in political campaigns
KW  - Electronic voting
KW  - Security measures
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - TRUE CRIME / Espionage
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections
KW  - Foreign relations
N1  - Includes index
N2  - "A timely and essential book from the CBS correspondent who has led their coverage of Russia election interference and the FBI counterintelligence investigation into whether the Trump Campaign coordinated with the Russians.  In this compelling account of how the Russians hacked the 2016 election, CBS News Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues reveals how far the Kremlin poked into voter databases and why it happened. He also investigates the steps taken to shore up election systems in states across the country ahead of the 2018 midterm and indeed the 2020 Presidential election.  Based on exclusive interviews with officials from the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and cybersecurity experts, Pegues takes readers behind the scenes and into the minds of investigators following the case.  He delves into the shadowy world of Russian spies, unraveling the complicated web of contacts between Russian operatives and Trump representatives during the campaign. In one chapter, he focuses on Valeri Gerasimov, widely believed to be the mastermind behind a Russian cyber strategy designed to influence and disrupt democracies. Evidence is presented showing that the Russians infiltrated not only Democratic Party computer networks in the US, but networks in the Ukraine and Europe as well.  Consulting with representatives of top cyber security firms, the author discusses what states are doing to protect voting systems in the next midterm elections and beyond.  Fascinating and chilling at the same time, Kompromat opens a window into the murky world of espionage, digital warfare, and a newly aggressive Russia brazenly inserting itself into U.S. politics"--; "A CBS correspondent presents an in-depth examination of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and measures to protect US voting systems against future cyber attacks"--
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