John Markoff
Markoff helped bring the social history of hacking, network intrusion, and computer security to a broad readership through sustained technology reporting and books.
John Markoff is a technology journalist and author. His reporting for The New York Times covered the Internet, cybersecurity, science, and technology, and he co-wrote Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier with Katie Hafner.
Recording hacker culture
Cyberpunk documented prominent computer-intrusion cases and the surrounding culture in the late twentieth century. Markoff’s work is useful as contemporary journalism and as a book-length record of how hacking and computer security entered public debate.
Timeline
- 1988Becomes The New York Times national computer writer.
- 1991Co-authors Cyberpunk with Katie Hafner.
- 2017Concludes his New York Times career after reporting on technology, the Internet, cybersecurity, and science.
John Markoff
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1985-Present
- Known for
- Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier; Technology journalism; Internet and cybersecurity reporting
- Tags
- author, journalism, hacker-culture, cybersecurity, books
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