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CULT OF THE DEAD COW
How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World
A fast-paced, riveting narrative on hacktivism. Standing out from its competition and in the midst of all the doom and gloom with cyber security, this book has a rare positive message and shows how a small group of people are having an impact where others have failed.
The Cult of the Dead Cow is the story of the oldest, most respected and most famous hacking group of all time - the Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc). Its members invented the concept of hacktivism (portmanteau of hack and activism describing the use of technology to promote a political and social change), released both the top tool for cracking passwords and the reigning technique for controlling computers from afar, and spurred development of Snowden's anonymity tool of choice. With its origins in the earliest days of the Internet, the cDc is full of oddball characters - spies, activists, musicians, and politicians - who are now woven into the top ranks of the American establishment.
Today, this small group and their followers represent the best hope for making technology a force for good instead of for surveillance and oppression. Like a modern (and real) illuminati, cDc members have had the ears of presidents, secretaries of defense, and the CEO of Google. The Cult of the Dead Cow shows how today's cyber security issues have developed, where governments and corporations hold immense power over individuals, and how to fight back.
Joseph Menn not only utilizes sources from current and former intelligence officers from multiple countries, members of the highest echelon of the U.S. government, and some of the top minds of the past three generations of international security professors, but he was also granted unprecedented access to the cDc and he will reveal many of their names for the first time in this book.
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 of 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.
Today, this small group and their followers represent the best hope for making technology a force for good instead of for surveillance and oppression. Like a modern (and real) illuminati, cDc members have had the ears of presidents, secretaries of defense, and the CEO of Google. The Cult of the Dead Cow shows how today's cyber security issues have developed, where governments and corporations hold immense power over individuals, and how to fight back.
Joseph Menn not only utilizes sources from current and former intelligence officers from multiple countries, members of the highest echelon of the U.S. government, and some of the top minds of the past three generations of international security professors, but he was also granted unprecedented access to the cDc and he will reveal many of their names for the first time in this book.
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 of 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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Published 2019-06-04 by Public Affairs |
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Published 2019-06-04 by Public Affairs |