Ransom War

Sheds light on the inner workings of the groups responsible for deploying ransomware, and on how governments and businesses can combat the threat.

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Max Smeets DPhil is a leading expert in cyber conflict and security, who has written on cyber strategy for The Washington Post, War on the Rocks, Slate and others. He holds research positions at ETH Zurich, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation. Max is the author of Ransom War: How Cyber Crime Became a Threat to National Security and No Shortcuts: Why States Struggle to Develop a Military Cyber Force (both published by Hurst), and the co-editor of Deter, Disrupt, or Deceive and Cyberspace and Instability. He also co-directs Visual Routes and serves as Managing Editor of Binding Hook.