Hackers: The Hunt for Australia’s Most Infamous Computer Cracker - Bill Apro & Graeme Hammond

The inside story of the pursuit of Phoenix, a gifted Melbourne teenage hacker who infiltrated university, corporate and government computer systems in the late 1980s.

Bill Apro, a former Australian Federal Police officer, became determined to understand the emerging world of computer hacking, building a database of hackers and going undercover to investigate their activities. Working alongside journalist Graeme Hammond, Apro recounts the hunt for Phoenix, the challenges of tracking computer intrusions and the vulnerabilities exposed as the internet began to take shape.

Featuring accounts of hacking, undercover investigations and sensitive computer systems, this book documents an early chapter in Australia’s computer crime history. Includes a computer jargon glossary.

Cover has been laminated.