This Machine Kills Secrets

**Who Are The Cypherpunks?** uncovers the hidden history of cryptographic activism, tracing its evolution from 1970s pioneers to modern hacktivists like WikiLeaks and Anonymous. Forbes journalist Andy Greenberg, with exclusive access to figures such as Julian Assange, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and WikiLeaks' elusive engineer "the Architect," reveals the idealists and anarchists who developed the code and methods to expose institutional secrets. Exploring the true story behind *The Fifth Estate* and *We Steal Secrets*, this book unveils the politically-motivated hackers transforming activism and aiming to obliterate global secrecy.

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