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Title: Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw-By the Man Who Did It by Tsutomu Shimomura, John Markoff ISBN: 0-7868-6210-6 Publisher: Hyperion Press Pub. Date: February, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.43 (92 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: An insufferable jerk ... on the side of the angels
Comment: Shimomura comes off as a completely annoying egomaniac who downplays the contributions of others and inflates his own achievements. Why he's considered an "elite security expert" when he was hacked by old, known techniques, and boasts that he doesn't use a firewall, is beyond me. However, Shimomura did the world a favor in helping catch and stop Kevin Mitnick. In Jonathan Littman's fascinating book The Fugitive Game, Mitnick's best friend Lewis De Payne is quoted as calling Mitnick "a sociopath." If the choice is between rooting for a bratty diva or rooting for a sociopath, I'll pull for the bratty diva. The self-obsessed Shimomura allows co-author Markoff to treat us to WAY more personal details than we want to know about him, but the second half of the book delivers a few useful insights into backtracing hackers. This is a slog of a read, recommended only if you are a security professional or hackers are your favorite topic. To make it more fun, try reading it side by side with the superior yet conflicting account in Littman's The Fugitive Game -- and decide for yourself who you believe.
Rating: 1
Summary: This books is pure unadulterated garbage!
Comment: Kevin Mtnick was not as bad as this guy Tsutomu Shimomura makes him out to be. Tsutomu Shimomura wants everyone to think Mitnick is so bad and dangerous just so he can feel like a hero. My guess all the stuff in this book are over exaggerated to benefitShimomura. I do not recommend this book, but if you are interested in researching this story there are alot of more unbiased books out there just do a google or amazon search you'll find plenty.
Rating: 5
Summary: Better to read Mitnick's book
Comment: I don't get it. Tsutomu Shimomura is supposed to be a top gun security guru, yet he gets hacked by Mitnick. What does that tell you?
John Markoff does not understand computer security. He makes Mitnick into a much worse criminal than he is.
This book is all hype.
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Title: The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security by Kevin D. Mitnick, William L. Simon, Steve Wozniak ISBN: 0471237124 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 04 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Fugitive Game : Online with Kevin Mitnick by Jonathan Littman ISBN: 0316528692 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: CYBERPUNK: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, Revised by Katie Hafner ISBN: 0684818620 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll ISBN: 0743411463 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 03 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Cyberthief and the Samurai: The True Story of Kevin Mitnick-And the Man Who Hunted Him Down by Jeff Goodell ISBN: 0440222052 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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