I highly enjoyed reading this book - does anyone else have recommendations for similar reads?
Masters of Doom was another great one.
Masters of Doom was another great one.
This book was really my entry point into the world of "hacking" as "breaking into things" and computer security, and the computer underground scene. It's broken into three sections:
1. A recounting of Kevin Mitnick's early days out in LA
2. A stripped down re-telling of the German hackers story (as recounted at greater length and in first-person in The Cuckoo's Egg)
3. A section on Robert Morris and the "Morris Worm" events
There are some questions about the veracity of parts of this book, especially the sections on Mitnick, but I think it's still worth a read. But if you're into this sort of thing, I'd suggest also reading other books on Mitnick (particularly his auto-biographical book Ghost In The Wires[2]) to get a more balanced view of his story - as well as more of what happened later in Mitnick's life.
[1]: https://www.amazon.com/CYBERPUNK-Outlaws-Hackers-Computer-Fr...
[2]: https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Wires-Adventures-Worlds-Wanted/...*
Subject: Worm, Mark Bowden Countdown to Zero Day, Kim Zetter
Style: The Soul of a New Machine, Tracy Kidder All the President's Men, Woodward & Bernstein
Stoll was a deadhead, right? He used to go to see the Dead at the Greek?
Anyways, when the Greek Theater is a 10 minute downhill walk from your lab, how could you not go? (those days seem so long-ago...)