Much @Stake: The Band of Hackers That Defined an Era

Many of today’s cybersecurity luminaries—including former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos—have roots in a firm called @stake. The following excerpt, from Joseph Menn’s upcoming Cult of the Dead Cow: How the Original Hacking Supergroup Might Just Save the World, traces the company’s lasting influence. Two years before 9/11, an intelligence contractor I will call …