Great book, but I was more thinking along the lines of all the absolutely insane nightly news clips and TV stuff talking about how hackers can basically destroy

Great book, but I was more thinking along the lines of all the absolutely insane nightly news clips and TV stuff talking about how hackers can basically destroy the world if they’re even allowed to touch a computer etc. The media were absolutely rabid through most of the 80s and early 90s. I distinctly remember them acting like hackers were worse than terrorists, worse than anything humanity had ever had to deal with. Looking back, it’s almost funny, except many lives were ruined and hackers raided and/or imprisoned because of media hype and fear.