Joseph Menn

The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our freedom, "a hugely important piece of the puzzle for anyone who wants to understand the forces shaping the internet age" (The New York Times Book Review). Cult of the Dead Cow is the tale of the oldest active, most respected, and most famous American hacking...

The Cult of the Dead Cow is the story of the oldest, most respected, and most famous hacking group of all time. Its members invented the concept of hacktivism, released both the top tool for cracking passwords and the reigning technique for controlling computers from afar, and spurred the development of Snowden's anonymity tool of choice. With its origins in...