03678cam a2200553 i 4500 20870300 NUST 20220825110646.0 190228t20192019nyuaf b 001 0 eng c 2019935886 GBB961996 bnb 019346808 Uk 9781541762381 (hardcover) 154176238X (hardcover) 9781541724426 (international) 1541724429 (international) (OCoLC)on1056778895 YDX eng YDX rda BDX OCLCQ YDX UKMGB OCLCO TOH OCLCF IG$ UAP LIV BDP IMT CLE IXA OCL DLC pcc HV6773 .M45 2019 Purchase on request / Achat sur demande 303.4833 23 MEN Menn, Joseph, author. 93684 Cult of the Dead Cow : how the original hacking supergroup might just save the world Joseph Menn. First edition. New York : PublicAffairs, 2019 xi, 251 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index. The 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. The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our privacy, our freedom -- even democracy itself. "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. HB Cult of the Dead Cow. 93685 Hacktivism. 93686 Hackers. 27628 Computer security. 570 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. bisacsh 51488 Hackers. fast (OCoLC)fst00872150 27628 Computer security. fast (OCoLC)fst00872484 570 Hacktivism. fast (OCoLC)fst01763882 93686 7 cbc pccadap 2 epcn 20 y-gencatlg ddc LC 590337 590337 0 0 ddc 0 0 CL CL LC 2022-07-19 303.4833 MEN LC-114 2022-07-19 2022-07-19 REF