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Masters of Deception: the Gang That Ruled Cyberspace
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #70923 in Books
- Published on: 1996-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 240 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
Chronicles the cyberspace battle between rival gangs of hackers in Texas and York, detailing the groups' exploits and discussing the legal and ethical implications of new computer technology.
Customer Reviews
Dated but extreamly entertaining
Ok, so the book was published nearly 10 years ago, and the technology it deals with is older than that. Depsite that, this has to be the most entertaining hacking related book I've ever read (at least up to 2004 :P)
What really made this book special is the way the author takes you into the lives of the various teenagers and doesn't just deal with their various hacks.
If you grew up with computers in the late 80's or have a general intrest in hacking related stories, this is certainly one of the better books you'll find. I originally read this book after seeing a torn and tattered copy stuffed on the shelf of my university library. It was either so good everyone had read it, or so bad the first person to read it tried to destroy it :P Years later I ended up buying a copy of my own. To quote the quote on the front cover of the book "Oh, is this ever a good book".
The lives and works of a gang of teen phreakers
A good book, carefully written. It presents the facts as clear as possible, tells the stories of a bunch of kids that made the telco networks their playground, explain what happened, and gives the kids' statements in addition to the telco officials' and feds', for you to make your own opinion. The best computer crime book I've read since "The hacker Crackdown".
Great book except....
I must admit that I was actually quite impressed with the content of this book. I followed this at the time but I never heard the complete story, this book seems to fill in the gaps. It's just a shame they made a hash of explaining the AT&T crash. If you want to know how the crash happened then read the hacker crackdown by Bruce Sterling. Despite this little niggle I still give it 5 stars.
