When computer vandals pillaged eBay, Yahoo and other popular Web sites a few weeks ago, Erik Zempel's mother took to the phone and email with one question: Was it him?
The article profiles the hacker community and references "Hacking Exposed: Security Secrets & Solutions" (Osborne), by Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz as essential reading — one of the best online magazines devoted to hacking and computer security.