Joseph Menn
Menn’s book-length reporting connects hacker culture to its public-interest, policy, and technology consequences without reducing the history to a single stereotype.
Joseph Menn is an investigative reporter who covers cybersecurity and disinformation. His reporting has appeared at organizations including The Washington Post, Reuters, the Financial Times, and the Los Angeles Times.
Documenting cDc and security history
In Cult of the Dead Cow, Menn traces the history and influence of cDc, a hacker collective whose members and ideas shaped debates about disclosure, privacy, and security. The work offers a documented narrative linking hacker communities to wider public policy and technical culture.
Timeline
- 2010Publishes Fatal System Error, a book on technology and cybercrime.
- 2019Publishes Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World.
- 2024Is a co-finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting while reporting at The Washington Post.
Joseph Menn
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 2003-Present
- Known for
- Cult of the Dead Cow; Fatal System Error; Cybersecurity journalism
- Tags
- author, journalism, cybersecurity, hacker-culture, books
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