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"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"-- Provided by publisher.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

This is warfare

Mining for clues at the DNC

Meanwhile, back at the White House...

The dossier

They are hacking the hell out of us

Dead drops, invisible ink, propaganda, and deep cover

Modern-day spies

Conversation with a ghost

Vladimir Putin: who is this guy?

The playbook

Putin's grudge against Clinton

The separation between federal and state government

From civil rights to Russian intelligence

Living the dream: Birmingham

Moscow on the Hudson

They're talking

The cyber ref: a conversation with Michael Hayden

Election Day

What has just happened?

A sidenote about Comey

There can't be two presidents

Obama responds

9/11, Antifa, and Hamilton 68: a conversation with Laura Rosenberger

Race-based propaganda: undermining democracy by tapping our Achilles' heel

The documents

Putin's end game in the United States

Clues for reporters: that nagging feeling

Voting booth dinosaurs

A hole in the dike

Cyber tools

Should we trust them?

Things have gone horribly awry

The new playing field

Our playbook

Why didn't they see it?

A patriotic Russian hacker.

Presidents > United States > Election, 2016.

Hacking > Russia (Federation)

Propaganda, Russian > United States.

Elections > Corrupt practices > United States.

Internet in political campaigns > United States.

Electronic voting > Security measures > United States.

United States > Foreign relations > Russia (Federation)

Russia (Federation) > Foreign relations > United States.