Cyberpunk - by Katie Hafner (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Using the exploits of three international hackers, Cyberpunk explores the world of high-tech computer rebels and the subculture they've created. In a book as exciting as any Ludlum novel, the authors show how these young outlaws have learned to penetrate the most sensitive computer networks and how difficult it is to stop them.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Using the exploits of three international hackers, <i>Cyberpunk</i> provides a fascinating tour of a bizarre subculture populated by outlaws who penetrate even the most sensitive computer networks and wreak havoc on the information they find -- everything from bank accounts to military secrets. In a book filled with as much adventure as any Ludlum novel, the authors show what motivates these young hackers to access systems, how they learn to break in, and how little can be done to stop them.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i> An engrossing, valuable work.<br><br><i>PC Magazine</i> Riveting...an important chronicle of what is happening on the edge of the information age.<br><br>Cliff Stoll </i>Author of <i>The Cuckoo's Egg</i> An astonishing story [whose] trail leads across modems...as well as police blotters in America and Germany. This is the computing underground, our high-tech counterculture.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Katie Hafner</b> is a contributing editor at <i>Newsweek, </i> where she covers technology. She has also written for <i>Business Week, The New Republic, The New York Times, </i> and <i>Wired.</i> She is currently working on a history of the Interne
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