TAP Archive
The TAP Archive is now live: the original phone-phreaking and hacking newsletter, from its 1971 start as the Youth International Party Line through issue 91 in 1984. Read more →
Phone-Phreaking
Authorities Again Seek Legendary Hacker
Los Angeles Times profile of fugitive hacker Kevin Mitnick and the allegations, history, and mythology surrounding him in 1994. Read more →
Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier
Katie Hafner and John Markoff’s account of three early computer-underground communities, including the Los Angeles scene around Kevin Mitnick. Read more →
The Phine Art of Phone Phreaking: A Story of Telephones, Computers and the American Way
L.A. Weekly profile of the Southern California phone-phreaking community and Lewis De Payne, identified as “Rosco.” Read more →
About Phone-Phreaking
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