Cult of the Dead Cow
Book description
Cult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest, most respected, and most famous American hacking group of all time. Though until now it has remained mostly anonymous, its members invented the concept of hacktivism, released the top tool for testing password security, and created what was for…
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I loved this one because there are so many really influential people in the world today who started out as hackers. Former Texas Legislator and presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke was a member of one of the first hacker groups, The Cult of the Dead Cow.
What really makes this one stand out for me was how Menn was able to illustrate how our culture of cybersecurity today, things like responsible disclosure of security vulnerabilities, was shaped by the hacker ethos as a response to mega corporations actively trying to ignore the problem or even suing researchers to prevent them from…
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