title: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
author:  Steven  Levy 
description: "A remarkable collection of characters . . . courageously exploring mindspace, an inner world where nobody had ever been before." -- <i>The New York Times</i>
zlib_text: THE HACKER CRACKDOWN
  
    
  
  Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
  
    
  
  by Bruce Sterling
  
    
    
    
  
  CONTENTS
  
    
  
  Preface to the Electronic Release of The Hacker Crackdown
  
    
  
  Chronology of the Hacker Crackdown
  
    
  
  Introduction
  
    
  
  Part 1: CRASHING THE SYSTEM A Brief History of Telephony Bell's Golden
  Vaporware Universal Service Wild Boys and Wire Women The Electronic
  Communities The Ungentle Giant The Breakup In Defense of the System The Crash
  Post-Mortem Landslides in Cyberspace
  
    
  
  Part 2: THE DIGITAL UNDERGROUND Steal This Phone Phreaking and Hacking The
  View From Under the Floorboards Boards: Core of the Underground Phile Phun The
  Rake's Progress Strongholds of the Elite Sting Boards Hot Potatoes War on the
  Legion Terminus Phile 9-1-1 War Games Real Cyberpunk
  
    
  
  Part 3: LAW AND ORDER Crooked Boards The World's Biggest Hacker Bust Teach
  Them a Lesson The U.S. Secret Service The Secret Service Battles the Boodlers
  A Walk Downtown FCIC: The Cutting-Edge Mess Cyberspace Rang