Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World

Author:   Joseph Menn
Publisher:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
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9781541724426


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   11 July 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Joseph Menn
Publisher:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
Imprint:   PublicAffairs,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.310kg
ISBN:  

9781541724426


ISBN 10:   1541724429
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   11 July 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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"""Cult of the Dead Cow is an exhilarating and essential look into a part of the hacker underground that has shaped the modern world in profound ways. Readers will be amazed by this crew of eccentric, impassioned geniuses who have so often served as the Internet's conscience while lurking unknown in the shadows. The depth of Joe Menn's reporting is as astonishing as his storytelling - no one could have captured this tale better.""--Ashlee Vance, author of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future ""Cult of the Dead Cow reveals a story few know about the origins of white hat hacking and the heroes it celebrates. Despite the title, hacking isn't dead yet!""--Vint Cerf, co-inventor of the Internet ""An invaluable resource. The tale of this small but influential group is a hugely important piece of the puzzle for anyone who wants to understand the forces shaping the internet age.""--New York Times Book Review ""Long before there was a multi-billion dollar cyber industry, there were some ethical hackers who showed us that the Silicon Valley emperors had no clothes. They looked like misfits, but they showed us how insecure the Internet was and how to make it better. Joe Menn makes this previously untold story entertaining and relevant to today's cyber threats.""--Richard A. Clarke, first White House ""Cyber Czar"" ""The author narrates a fast-paced story about how a little-known movement that could trace its roots to the psychedelic rock of the 1960s-one visionary was the son of the Jefferson Airplane's drummer, while another was a lyricist for the Grateful Dead-would eventually serve as security advisory for the Pentagon, the cybernetics industry, and geopolitical forces around the globe... A quick tale of black hats and white hats, with a lot of gray area in between.""--Kirkus Reviews ""This dramatic story of how the Internet's first hackers learned to handle their outsized abilities can help us grapple to control the power of today's technology titans.""--Bruce Schneier, Harvard fellow and lecturer and author of Click Here to Kill Somebody"


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Joseph Menn covers cyber-security and other technology issues for Reuters. Before that he was technology reporter for the Financial Times, after a decade on the same beat for the Los Angeles Times. He is the author two books, Fatal System Error and All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster and a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award, the top prize in business reporting.

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