The Conscience of a Hacker

Re:The Conscience of a Hacker by lloeki on Monday January 14, 2013 @06:57AM (#5054291)

For those interested in this timeframe and what it looked like being tracked and caught at that time, one can turn to The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling, a non-fiction work incredibly reminiscent of the events currently of interest to us.

Free (as in beer) in its electronic version ([0], hosted at MIT), and available as paperback on Amazon.

[0]: http://www.mit.edu/hacker/hacker.html

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Re:The Conscience of a Hacker by p4bl0 on Monday January 14, 2013 @08:18AM (#5054483)

I second this. And if you enjoy The Hacker Crackdown you should also read The Cuckoo's Egg by Cliff Stole, and Do It! by Jerry Rubin, which are also non-fiction. The latter one is only a little related to the hacker subculture since it happens just before it existed but there are strong links between the Yippie movement and the phreaker scene which is the predecessor of the hacker scene.

I think that those three are my most favorite books of all time.

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Re:The Conscience of a Hacker by dphase on Monday January 14, 2013 @11:30AM (#5055271)

The Cuckoo's Egg is an amazing read. You get a very play-by-play account of the story, see an 80s honeypot in action, and if I remember correctly, read about interactions with the still running Chaos Computer Club.

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Re:The Conscience of a Hacker by voltagex_ on Monday January 14, 2013 @06:39PM (#5057431)

I'm sorry to hijack your comment for this but if you want to read something related but on another tangent (phreaking) then this article is highly recommended - http://www.lospadres.info/thorg/lbb.html

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Re:The Conscience of a Hacker by smoyer on Monday January 14, 2013 @09:01AM (#5054643)

Don't forget "Ghost in the Wires" ... the story of Kevin Mitnick's hacking (and eventual capture).

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