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The Cyberthief and the Samurai Mass Market Paperback – February 1, 1996

by Jeff Goodell (Author)

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Kevin Mitnick was the most wanted hacker in the world.

He was called "The Condor," and "Mr. Cyberpunk."  He was a rebel.  A loner.  A poor kid from California thumbing his nose at society as he hacked into phone companies, international corporations--and possibly even the U.S. Military Command.

The FBI couldn't stop him.  And they sure as hell couldn't catch him.

Then Kevin Mitnick did the "impossible."  He got into the personal home computer of the man considered by many a master of cybersecurity, Tsutomu Shimomura.  That computer held data for advanced security systems and top secret intrusion and surveillance tools.

Shimomura--a modern-day intellectual samurai--decided Mitnick had to be stopped.  He had the high-tech gadgets and the brains to do it.

Now the leading expert on computer crime made it a matter of honor to bring America's most notorious computer criminal to justice.  But the Information Highway is the perfect place to run, hide and get away with dirty tricks...

Let the battle begin.

Print length

328 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Dell
Publication date

February 1, 1996
Dimensions

4.25 x 1.25 x 7 inches
ISBN-10

0440222052
ISBN-13

978-0440222057
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WAS GOOD THEN. WANTED TO RE-READ

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2015

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READ THIS ABOUT 18 YEARS AGO, WAS GOOD THEN. WANTED TO RE-READ, STILL PRETTY A GOOD READ. :-)

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A good read to peak your interest

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2008

I read this book years ago and really enjoyed it. I first became interested in the story of Kevin Mitnick after reading Cyberpunk. This book gives you a great overview of what took place in capturing Mitnick. It's an easy read and it is entertaining. If you're a technical snob you might not like it. Otherwise check it out.

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Samurai's don't always use swords.

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2000

One of the best books written about Kevin Mitnick. This novel is more of a cyber-thriller than anything else, but gives a fairly accurate account of what happened, when it happened, where it happened, why Kevin was tracked down and arrested and why he is one of the most famed Hacker (Cracker) to date. A must for anyone who doesn't know about Kevin Mitnick and his acts of cyber-terrorism against people and companies.

4 people found this helpful

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A great book on the topic

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2004

I have read all 3 books on the Mitnick manhunt: Takedown, The fugitive Game, and The Cyberthief and the Samurai.

The Goodel book, the cyberthief and the samurai, was the first book I read on the subject. I read it shortly after it was published and thought it was very well balanced between the two parts of the story. After reading the other two books i realized that this book is the best becasue it doesn't pick sides, its just an accurate retelling of the story.

7 people found this helpful

porterd@ultranet.com

Good yarn about hackers and the pursuit of Kevin Mitnick

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 1998

Just finished this book. Not the best book about hackers and security, but an interesting tale, nonetheless. A good book to take with you on a long flight. It reads easy and appears to have been reasonably well-researched. It would have been more interesting if there had been more detail on technical aspects; however, I suppose the author might have been eliminating excess detail so as not to drown the average reader in technical information.

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