Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier

by Katie Hafner and John Markoff

Book Overview

Using the exploits of three international hackers, Cyberpunk provides a fascinating tour of a bizarre subculture populated by outlaws who penetrate even the most sensitive computer networks and wreak... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671683225
• ISBN13: 9780671683221
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Finger lickin' good!

After reading so many badly researched, badly written, self-effacing and / or bloated books on the subject of hacking and computer security, at long last here is a book that is well researched and written. It's a real page turner, and IMHO it is absolutely THE book to read on this subject.Ironically co-author John Markoff has also co-written the absolutely WORST book on the subject, Takedown, with Tetsuo Simomura.

Awesome book, well written, easy to flowing, best I've read

This is the type of book that you will want to read and read again...it is a real page turner and it tells 3 stories of famous hacker cases...I really enjoyed this book...I recommend this to anyone that enjoys computers and the adventures that go with them...

Better than I thought!!

This book was actually more entertaining than i thought. I read it during finals week. It was very interesting, took only two daysof my leisure time. I enjoyed the way that it captivated me. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good book with some real life tones. d:)~

Very Entertaining, But Only Half The Story

I read this book last summer and enjoyed it immensely. It's very well-written.However, having just finished Jonathan Littman's "The Fugitive Game" I have to recommend reading both books to get the full story. Markoff's conflicts-of-interest and questionable journalistic practices aren't apparent from reading just "Cyberpunk." What appears to be a non-fiction account is, in reality, more complicated than that.... You really owe it to yourself to read both sides of the story.So read this book and enjoy it for what it is -- and then read Littman for another perspective.

Addictive and eye-opening

The stories opened a new world that has been seldom touched. People do not know what it is like being on the "other side". This book gives prime examples as well as accurate information about events and lifestyles with hackers.