Masters of Deception: The Electronic "West Side Story" - Gang Warfare by Computer - Couverture souple

Quittner, Joshua; Slatalla, Michelle; Slattala, Michelle

 
9780099576815: Masters of Deception: The Electronic "West Side Story" - Gang Warfare by Computer
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0099576813 ISBN 13 : 9780099576815
Editeur : Vintage, 1995

Synopsis

A brilliant, fast-paced book about computer hackers in New York - a gang of kids who call themselves 'Masters of Deception' (MOD). These are kids who live in the poorest neighbourhoods of New York, and who have brought cheap computers which they soup up into all kinds of private accounts and stores of information - one day they bring down the entire phone system for a morning. They are also involved in gang warfare, in particular with a rival gang of hackers from Texas, who kick off the confrontation by posting patronising jokes about MOD on the computer bulletin board. The war between the two gangs forms the central strand of this book - a kind of electronic WEST SIDE STORY.

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À propos de l?auteur

Michelle Slatalla and Josh Quittner are both reporters for Newsday and co-authors of two mysteries, Mother's Day and Shoo-Fly to Die. They live on Long Island with their two daughters.

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Éditeur
Vintage
Date d'édition
1995
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0099576813
ISBN 13 
9780099576815
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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