03405cam a2200493 i 450000100090000000300050000900500170001400800410003101000170007201500190008901600180010802000310012602000280015702000350018502000320022003500240025204001110027604200080038705000220039505500440041708200220046110000270048324501050051025000190061526000370063430000900067133600260076133600330078733700280082033800270084850400670087550503120094252001400125452012510139456300070264561000260265265000160267865000130269465000230270765000510273065000390278165000490282065000420286920870300NUST20220825110646.0190228t20192019nyuaf    b    001 0 eng c  a  2019935886  aGBB9619962bnb7 a0193468082Uk  a9781541762381q(hardcover)  a154176238Xq(hardcover)  a9781541724426q(international)  a1541724429q(international)  a(OCoLC)on1056778895  aYDXbengcYDXerdadBDXdOCLCQdYDXdUKMGBdOCLCOdTOHdOCLCFdIG$dUAPdLIVdBDPdIMTdCLEdIXAdOCLdDLC  apcc00aHV6773b.M45 2019 3aPurchase on request / Achat sur demande00a303.4833223bMEN1 aMenn, Joseph,eauthor.10aCult of the Dead Cow :bhow the original hacking supergroup might just save the world cJoseph Menn.  aFirst edition.  aNew York :bPublicAffairs,c2019  axi, 251 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations (chiefly color) ;c25 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  astill imagebsti2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index.0 aThe players -- An evening in San Francisco -- Texas T-files -- The cons -- Underground Boston -- Back orifice -- One million dollars and a monster truck -- Oxblood -- Much @stake -- Tor and Citizen Lab -- Jake -- Mixter, Muench, and Phineas -- Mudge and Dildog -- The congressman and the trolls -- Epilogue.  aThe shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our privacy, our freedom -- even democracy itself.  a"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 years the best technique for controlling computers from afar, forcing giant companies to work harder to protect customers. They contributed to the development of Tor, the most important privacy tool on the net, and helped build cyberweapons that advanced US security without injuring anyone. With its origins in the earliest days of the Internet, the cDc is full of oddball characters--activists, artists, and musicians--some of whom went on to advise presidents, cabinet members, and CEOs, who now walk the corridors of power in Washington and Silicon Valley.  Today, the group and its followers are battling electoral misinformation, making personal data safer, and organizing to keep technology a force for good instead of for surveillance and oppression. Cult of the Dead Cow describes how, at a time when governments, corporations, and criminals hold immense power, a small band of tech iconoclasts is on our side fighting back"--Dust jacket flap.  aHB20aCult of the Dead Cow. 0aHacktivism. 0aHackers. 0aComputer security. 7aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.2bisacsh 7aHackers.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00872150 7aComputer security.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00872484 7aHacktivism.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01763882