Michael Wolff’s Tell-All Tops 1.7 Million In Sales

ABC News reports:

Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” is well on its way to becoming one of the top- selling nonfiction books in recent years. The tell-all about the Trump administration has sold more than 1.7 million copies in the combined formats of hardcover, e-books and audio, publisher Henry Holt and Co. told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Published less than three weeks ago, the book remains No. 1 on Amazon.com and other lists. NPD BookScan told the AP on Wednesday that hardcover sales exceed 500,000, including more than 300,000 last week. BookScan tracks around 85 percent of retail sales for physical books.

This is also happening:

Michael Wolff’s 300-plus page exposé Fire and Fury makes for riveting reading, and it’s no surprise to see it topping sales charts. It’s also not surprising to see that cybercriminals are trying to capitalize on the book’s popularity.

Michael Molsner, a security researcher with Kaspersky Labs, recently spotted a digital copy of the book floating around online. Most of the book, at any rate. The file Molsner examined was missing about a hundred pages, but someone had stuffed in some additional material, too. Not the kind you read, but rather the kind that lets a hacker remotely manipulate your computer.

Google’s VirusTotal scanning service classifies this particular strain of malware as a “backdoor.” Backdoors are incredibly powerful and dangerous. They give an attacker low-level access to your computer, which can allow them to steal your passwords and credit cards, monitor your chats, or even spy on you through your webcam.