Underground

Author(s) : Suelette Dreyfus with research by Julian Assange
Publication date : Jun 1997
ISBN : 1-86330-595-5
Pages : 475
Publisher : Random House Australia

Book excerpts:

Underground is the compelling true story of the rise of the computer underground and the crimes of an elite group of hackers who took on the forces of the establishment.

Tracing an international ring of computer hackers which spanned three continents and nearly a decade of computer crime, author Suelette Dreyfus weaves a gripping tale against a backdrop of cutting edge technology.

Underground uncovers the previously hidden story behind hackers from 8LGM, The Realm, the publishers of International Subversive and other linked Internet hacking groups. These elite hackers were the cream of the international computer underground and broke into tens of thousands of computers, belonging to some of the world's most prestigious institutions including Citibank, the Pentagon, NATO, the FT 100, NASA, Lockheed-Martin, Deutsche Telekom and Australian Telecom.

Based on more than two years of writing and research drawn from hundreds of exclusive interviews and telephone intercepts and over 30,000 pages of court documents, Underground is the first hacking book published out of Australia and the only one to delve into the mind and world of the international computer hacker. Critically aclaimed, it has been said that Underground is the only book to examine the computer underground with real depth and insight.

Reviews:

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"... it examines what happened to the intruders after their activity rather than focusing on the activity itself."

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This book is a good read. Before I read this book, I had no idea what the hacker scene was like here in Australia during the late 80's and early 90's. I can remember reading about Phoenix, Electron and Nom in the papers when they were busted. Now I have read the inside story, it all fits into place.

I intend on buying the print version.