Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace

Masters of Deception recounts the rise and fall of MOD, a group of teenage hackers from New York who engaged in phone phreaking, disrupted AT&T's network, and clashed with rival group Legion of Doom in the pre-internet era.

Authors Michelle Slatalla and Joshua Quittner detail their exploits, motivations, and eventual arrests by federal authorities in 1992, capturing the wild early days of hacking culture.