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Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace

Michelle Slatalla, Joshua Quittner

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"Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace" is a true crime story covering the late 80s/early 90s era of hacking in the US, and a conflict[0] between two prominent hacker groups of the time - LOD[1] and MOD[2] - which mostly consisted of smart teenage kids who were just obsessed with computers and telephone networks. It's unquestionably one of my favourite books. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hacker_War [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_of_Doom_%28hacking%29 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Deception