The American long-distance telephone network crashes, and millions of calls go unanswered. A computer hacker reprogrammes a switching station, and calls to a Florida probation office are shunted to a New York telephone-sex hotline. An underground computer bulletin board publishes a pilfered document on the 911 emergency system, making it available to anyone who dials. How did so much illicit power reach the hands of an undisciplined few - and what should be done about it? This book is about the electronic frontier of the 1990s. It concerns activities that take place inside computers and over telephone lines - "cyberspace". By the author of "Involution Ocean" and "The Artificial Kid" and the co-author of "The Difference Engine".
- ISBN10 1535486902
- ISBN13 9781535486903
- Publish Date 27 July 2016 (first published 1 October 1992)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 294
- Language English