Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell
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Grove Atlantic, 2013.
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Phil Lapsley., & Phil Lapsley|AUTHOR. (2013). Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell . Grove Atlantic.

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Phil Lapsley and Phil Lapsley|AUTHOR. 2013. Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell. Grove Atlantic.

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Phil Lapsley and Phil Lapsley|AUTHOR. Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell Grove Atlantic, 2013.

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Phil Lapsley, and Phil Lapsley|AUTHOR. Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell Grove Atlantic, 2013.

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