{"product_id":"hack-to-the-future-isbn-9781394169825","title":"Hack to The Future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstand the history of hacking culture and the genesis of a powerful modern subculture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHack to the Future: How World Governments Relentlessly Pursue and Domesticate Hackers, \u003c\/i\u003eveteran information security professional Emily Crose delivers a deep dive into the history of the United States government's nuanced relationship with hacker culture and the role the latter has played in the former's domestic policy and geopolitics. In the book, you'll learn about significant events that have changed the way the hacking community has been perceived by the public, the state, and other hackers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author explains how the US government managed to weaponize a subculture widely seen as misanthropic and awkward into a lever of geopolitical power. You'll also discover how:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe release of the Morris worm and the Melissa virus changed the way hackers were seen and treated in the United States\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDifferent government agencies, including the National Security Agency and NASA treated – and were treated by – domestic hackers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHacking went from being an exclusive hobby for socially awkward nerds to a substantial lever of geopolitical power in just a few decades\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for anyone with an interest in hacking, tech, infosec, and geopolitics, \u003ci\u003eHack to the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for those who seek to better their understanding of the history of hacking culture and how we got to where we are today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1 The Pre-Broadband Era 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 A Subculture Explained 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining a Community 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommon Hacking Virtues 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCuriosity 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMischief 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefiance 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerseverance 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTerms 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHackers and Secrecy 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Uncle Sam and Technology 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorld War I 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCodebreaking 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cold War 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeign Intelligence 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe INTs 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSigint 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComint 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHumint 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCentral Intelligence Agency 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComputer Scientists of Operation Paperclip 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational Security Agency 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFederal Bureau of Investigation 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdvanced Research Projects Agency 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Development of ARPANET 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eARPANET in Practice 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePacket Switching 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNational Aeronautics and Space Administration 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNASA Hackers 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Leak in the Walled Garden 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Commercializing Technology 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTelephony 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Phone Phreakers 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne Whistle to Rule Them All 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlue and Red Boxes 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRock Stars Are Born 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Missing Stair 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Personal Computer 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAltair 8800 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApple I and II 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunities 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity Memory 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJude Milhon 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAge of the Bulletin Board System 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParty Lines 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Digital Disruption 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eViral Genesis 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreeper and Reaper 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWabbits 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVirus or Not? 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eXerparc 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGovernment in the 1970s 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaw Enforcement 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ARPANET Spam Incident 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Hacker Rehabilitation 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDark Dante and the ARPANET Breach 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Los Alamos National Labs Breach 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 414s 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShaping the Hacker Image 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCongressional Testimony 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Morris Worm 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLegal Implications of Hacking 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWANK and OILZ 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvestigation 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHacktivism 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 On the Other Side of The Wall 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoviet Intelligence 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA “Closed Society” 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlasnost and Perestroika 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComputers and Telecommunications 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoviet Phreaking 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding a Soviet Internet 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoviet Programming 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoviet Understanding of Hacking 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-Soviet Russia 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Class of Criminal 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Hackers of the World, Unite! 117\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProject Cybersyn 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGet Me Beer! 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding the Network 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOperation Condor 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProject Cybersyn’s Epitaph 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChaos Computer Club 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChaos Computer Club France 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding Teletext 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Prestel Hack 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverseas Cooperation 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Australian Scene 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAFP Tracking of Realm 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Electronic Delinquents 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDigital Spycraft 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProtecting 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161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1960’s Movie Hackers 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1980’s Movie Hackers 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFalken’s Maze 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMatthew Broderick 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1990’s Movie Hackers 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHackers 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 The DEF CON Effect 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Internet for Everyone 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Great Migration 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeb Defacements 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eY2k 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHacker Conferences 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Business of Hacking 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpot the Fed 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2 The Post-Broadband Era 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 In from the Cold 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHackers Meet Congress 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment of the Red Team 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOperation Cybersnare 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThinking About the Future 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvident Surprise and Eligible Receiver 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 Anonymous 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUSA PATRIOT Act 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProject Chanology 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHBGary 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13 Spy vs. Spy 219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Collateral Murder” 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14 Cybernetting Society 231\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsumer Electronics 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Politicized Internet 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Instability 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArab Spring 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOperation Tunisia 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Syrian Electronic Army 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Euromaidan Protests 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15 Hackers Unleashed 247\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolar Sunrise 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdvanced Persistent Threat 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmergence of Chinese Hacking 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Elite 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Domain 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16 Cyberwar 261\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOperation Uphold Democracy 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCyberwarfare in Concept 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStuxnet 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombatant Hackers 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUkrainian Blackouts 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 17 Politics As Usual 279\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMemetic Warfare 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElection Interference 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHacking Elections at DEF CON 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCisa 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePillar II 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCyberwarfare in the 2020s 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Way from Here 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 303\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEMILY CROSE\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior technical director at Sophos Labs. She works on Linux runtime threat detection and has over a decade’s experience in the field of information security. She served in the U.S. intelligence community for seven years before entering the private sector and is the co-founder of Hacking History, a project investigating the United States government’s handling of the hacking community.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHack to the Future: How World Governments Relentlessly Pursue and Domesticate Hackers,\u003c\/i\u003e veteran information security professional Emily Crose delivers a fascinating discussion of the United States government’s nuanced and complex relationship with hacker culture over the last few decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the book, you’ll explore the role played by hackers in U.S. domestic and foreign policy, as well as in geopolitics around the world. You’ll discover how hackers have changed the course of history via major, well-publicized events, as well as through more subtle and less discussed means. The author also explores how the U.S. government’s treatment of hackers has changed the way they’ve been treated by members of the public, state actors, and other hackers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrose explains how the United States managed to weaponize a subculture originally viewed as misanthropic, awkward, and insignificant into a major lever of geopolitical power. She discusses major cybersecurity events, including the releases of the Morris worm and the Melissa virus, and how they changed the way hackers were perceived and treated in the United States. Crose also examines how and why hacking went from being a hobby for socially awkward young males to a sophisticated and professional vocation over only a few decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for anyone interested in the intersection of hacking, technology, information security, geopolitics, foreign policy, and government, \u003ci\u003eHack to the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is a can’t-miss history of the complicated and fraught relationship between hackers and the U.S. government actors who sought to wield them as a novel and effective weapon.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDISCOVER THE FASCINATING HISTORY OF HOW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TRANSFORMED HACKERS INTO A POWERFUL GEOPOLITICAL WEAPON\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHack to the Future: How World Governments Relentlessly Pursue and Domesticate Hackers\u003c\/i\u003e is an intriguing and one-of-a-kind exploration of the singular relationship between the United States government and the U.S. hacking subculture over the last several decades. 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