Brain Jack by Brian Falkner
Title: Brain Jack Author: Brian Falkner Perma-Bound Catalogue #: 128664 Description: In a near-future New York City, computer genius Sam Wilson manages to hack into the AT&T network and sets off a chain of events that have a profound effect on human activity throughout the world. Rubric Rating: Level 4 - Love It! Why I Read It: Interesting write up in the catalogue and a growing interest in tech-related reading. Notes: Sam is a seventeen-year-old Hacker, one of the best around. So good that he is able to hack into the telecomerica head offices and order a couple of "neuro" headsets for himself and his friend Fargas. The latest technology that allows you to directly access the computer network using only your brain. But Sam's hacking brings down services for three days - something that will go down in history. That's when the CDD (the cyber defence division) start watching him. It's not long before they hack Sam back and he's arrested.