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reviewed Ctrl+Alt+Chaos by Joe Tidy

Joe Tidy: Ctrl+Alt+Chaos (Hardcover, 2025, Elliott and Thompson Limited)

Ctrl+Alt+Chaos is a true-crime cyberthriller that tells the story of Julius Kivimäki, aka Zeekill, arguably …

Fascinating (and infuriating) story

Pretty interesting story of teenage hacker scenes from 2010s to 2025, going from Lulzsec to The Com/Scattered Spider. The book focuses on the character of Julius Kivimaki and his evolution through some of these more notorious Hacking Groups during his early teens, as well as his trial and punishment in the 2020s. One of the parts of this book that drove me mad was knowing how many times police had interacted with Kivimaki or even arrested him without any effects on his online activity.

For anybody interested in this story, they should also check out the 4 part documentary released around the same time, Most Wanted: Teen Hacker