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William Troy Landreth [1] (born April 5, 1963) [2] is an American hacker notable for his cracking activities during the early 1980s within a cracking club called "The Inner Circle". [3] MySpace cofounder, Tom Anderson (Lord Flathead) [4] was an associate. [5] In 1984, Landreth was convicted of hacking computer systems, and accessing NASA and Department of Defense computer data. [6] In 1986, he disappeared [7] [8] (from which he re-appeared a year later). [9] [10] Landreth's and Howard Rheingold's book, Out of the Inner Circle: A Hacker's Guide to Computer Security , published in 1986, [11] [12] [13] is considered a best-seller. [9]

In 1989, Landreth was homeless. [1]

As of 2016 he was still homeless. [14] [9] [15] [16]

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  2. ↑ "William T Landreth, Born 04/05/1963 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Landreth, Bill. "Confessions Of A Hacker: Here Is The Cracker'S Story Of Adolescent Innocence And Ingenuity, Mixed With Corporate And Government Intrigue, That Ultimately Led To His Arrest By The FBI". Sun Sentinel . Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  4. ↑ Penenberg, Adam L. (13 October 2009). Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves. Hachette Books. p. 166. ISBN   978-1-4013-9493-6.
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  7. ↑ Gorman, Tom (11 December 1986). "A Hacker Vanishes : Computer Whiz, Missing Since September, a Source of Mystery". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "A Hacker Vanishes Computer Whiz, Missing Since September, a Source of Mystery". Los Angeles Times . December 11, 1986. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved February 3, 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 "Hacker Is Down And Out In San Diego". The Sydney Morning Herald . April 3, 1989. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Bill Landreth: The Cracker & Out Of The Inner Circle & Pig Sty". September 26, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
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