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I love the Mitnick books. All of them were really good reads. But here is another great read
https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Deception-Gang-Ruled-Cyberspace/dp/0060926945
I have the book by the Cult of the Deadcow, but I have yet to read it. I remember their antics back in the late 90s.
I'm pretty sure the movie Hackers was loosely based on Masters of Deception -- a hacker classic. I still have my copy from being a dumbass teenager and using a red box to use payphones for free. I remember it as being a great book but I haven't read it for almost 20 years.
http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Deception-Gang-Ruled-Cyberspace/dp/0060926945
I rarely re-read... but you have tempted me.
The movie Hackers drew heavily from the book Masters of Deception which had a huge influence on me after reading it. I would totally recommend it!
No mention of Masters of Deception yet? Wow.
[EN] Historical Novel based off the first 2 hacker groups... and the electronic war they had between them... Masters of Deception and Lords of Destruction. It is written in a way that is understandable by non-computer people. https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Deception-Gang-Ruled-Cyberspace/dp/0060926945 For those who are interested.
Check this book out if you're interested. I found it to be a great read, it's written based on fact, but it's not a documentary. Good stuff if you're interested in the topic. Note the bolded section, sound familiar? :)
On January 15, 1990, the AT&T long-distance phone network crashed. Although it was eventually ruled an accident, the event was a wake-up call to telephone companies and law enforcement agencies everywhere, exposing the fragility of the systems that we all heavily depend on. The feds decided that the time had come to crack down on the handful of computer hackers they had been monitoring for several years in connection with the phone companies. The term "hacker" is about to become a household word, and not in the sense of "great programming."
Set against this backdrop, two rival gangs--The Legion of Doom and The Masters of Deception--are about to go to war. What sounds like a clash of comic-book supervillains is actually a feud between factions of teenagers, fueled by misunderstandings and adolescent testosterone. The events leading up to the conflict and its climax are riveting and fun. The book features great depictions of some of the earliest celebrities of hackerdom, including Acid Phreak and Phiber Optik, as well as tales of their exploits and rivalries. Slatalla and Quittner do a great job of portraying the principals as both the powerful cyberspace masters they want to be and the scared, emotional young men they really are.
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