Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier

Cyberpunk follows three strands of early hacker history, including the Southern California community associated with Kevin Mitnick. The book describes Lewis De Payne as a prominent participant in the Los Angeles phone-phreaking scene and discusses the HOBO-UFO conference line as a gathering place for phreakers and computer enthusiasts.

The book provides broader historical context for the transition from telephone-system exploration to computer-network intrusion and for the relationships among De Payne, Mitnick, Susan Headley, Steven Rhoades, and others.