[eljimmy]

I highly enjoyed reading this book - does anyone else have recommendations for similar reads?

Masters of Doom was another great one.

[mindcrime]

Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier - Katie Hafner & John Markoff[1]

This book was really my entry point into the world of "hacking" as "breaking into things" and computer security, and the computer underground scene. It's broken into three sections:

1. A recounting of Kevin Mitnick's early days out in LA

2. A stripped down re-telling of the German hackers story (as recounted at greater length and in first-person in The Cuckoo's Egg)

3. A section on Robert Morris and the "Morris Worm" events

There are some questions about the veracity of parts of this book, especially the sections on Mitnick, but I think it's still worth a read. But if you're into this sort of thing, I'd suggest also reading other books on Mitnick (particularly his auto-biographical book Ghost In The Wires[2]) to get a more balanced view of his story - as well as more of what happened later in Mitnick's life.

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/CYBERPUNK-Outlaws-Hackers-Computer-Fr...

[2]: https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Wires-Adventures-Worlds-Wanted/...*

[hcrisp]

Style and subject: Ghost in the Wires, Kevin Mitnick

Subject: Worm, Mark Bowden Countdown to Zero Day, Kim Zetter

Style: The Soul of a New Machine, Tracy Kidder All the President's Men, Woodward & Bernstein

[denton-scratch]

I think I read Soul Of A New Machine in the same year I read The Cuckoo's Egg. Both books left a deep impression on me.

Stoll was a deadhead, right? He used to go to see the Dead at the Greek?

[brians]

Most Secret War, a tale of the Battle of the Beams and the nascent technical intelligence groups that set the context for the Battle of Britain.

[wmf]

In the hacker true crime genre you have The Hacker Crackdown, Takedown, and Masters of Deception.