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In January 2010, inspectors noticed centrifuges at an Iranian uranium enrichment plant failing at an unprecedented rate. Five months later, a computer security firm in Belarus discovered a mysterious virus of unparalleled complexity on Iranian computers. This virus, Stuxnet, was the world's first digital weapon, designed to wreak actual, physical destruction on a nuclear facility. The book tells the story behind Stuxnet's planning, execution, and discovery, from its genesis in the Bush White House to its unleashing in Iran, and the security experts who unraveled the sabotage. It also explores the development of digital warfare in the US, the zero-day "grey markets" for malicious code, and the vulnerability of critical systems to such attacks, showing what might happen if infrastructure is targeted by a new kind of war.