Masters of Deception: the Gang That Ruled Cyberspace

click here for more details, find new or used items	Michele Slatalla Our price £7.67 (£8.38) New from £3.80 Used from £2.99 Pages: 240 (Paperback) ISBN: 0060926945 Pub: HarperCollins Pub date: 1996-01 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 81352

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Really Enjoyed This (0/0 people found this helpful)

A great insight into the history of a couple of the most notorious hacking 'gangs' in the history of the scene.

Sometimes thought provoking, but mostly just an interesting read and with some nice technical detail in places.

Dated but extreamly entertaining (4/4 people found this helpful)

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".

Great book except.... (2/2 people found this helpful)

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.

Hmm, Nice... (0/2 people found this helpful)

Well, this book was definatly good, there was no question about it. The book is well written and keeps the tale flowing. If you are looking to learn about the 'Hacker' origins then you can do no better than reading this book, The cuckoo's egg, and Hackers (by Steven Levy). They are all truly great.

Not bad, but terribly juvenile (2/5 people found this helpful)

Not a bad book on the whole. The story is interesting enough, but the author seems to take juvenile spats and revenge way too seriously. A litany of 14 year teenagers conversations (Woah, no way, serious?, cool, etc, etc) is really not that exciting. A real light read.

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