A great book to read

Posted by Kenon on Oct. 1, 2006, 9:35 p.m.

I found this great book, Hacker Cracker , a biography of Ejovi Nuwere, a person who grew up on the streets of brooklyn and then turned into a hacker. I suggest this book to anyone who likes to read or people who like technology.

A summary of the book (thanks to amazon.com):

Like other kids in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, Ejovi Nuwere grew up among thugs and drug dealers. When he was eleven, he helped form a gang; at twelve, he attempted suicide. In his large, extended family, one uncle was a career criminal, one a graduate student with his own computer. By the time Ejovi was fourteen, he was spending as much time on the computer as his uncle was. Within a year he was well on his way to a hacking career that would lead him to one of the most audacious and potentially dangerous computer break-ins of all time, secret until now.

Before he finished high school he had created a hidden life in the hacker underground and an increasingly prominent career as a computer security consultant. At the age of twenty-two, he was a top security specialist for one of the world's largest financial houses.

Hacker Cracker is at once the most candid revelation to date of the dark secrets of cyberspace and the simple, unaffected story of an inner-city child's triumph over shattering odds to achieve unparalleled success.

-Kenon

Comments

Cesar 18 years, 1 month ago

i read that game, it's such a great game

Cesar 18 years, 1 month ago

*book! damn, too used to using the word game…

melee-master 18 years, 1 month ago

Sounds interesting.

Wanna know some good books? Word and Void by Terry Brooks, Shannara by Terry Brooks, and the Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind.

Kenon 18 years, 1 month ago

I've been looking for books to read recently. Thanks for the suggestions, Melee.

AthamX 18 years, 1 month ago

I had that book. Then my bro borrowed it and it never came back. =(

Eternal 18 years, 1 month ago

Looks pretty kick-ass.

sk8m8trix 18 years, 1 month ago

read battle royal.. 600 pages of awesomeness

melee-master 18 years, 1 month ago

Quote:

Then my bro borrowed it and it never came back. =(

Thank you for my new excuse to piss him off. =D

Radnom_Games 18 years, 1 month ago

TERRY PRATCHETT'S DISCWORLD SERIES

The only books anyone ever needs to read.

Arcalyth 18 years, 1 month ago

Hacker cracker.. a white dude who's a hacker?

Yeah…

Looks like a good book.