Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
Clifford Stoll was running a central computer at a Berkeley lab, and was asked to trace a 75 cent error in the user accounts. This began a hunt for a hacker who was infiltrating sensitive American networks. This is the story of how Stoll exposed an international spy ring selling secrets to the KGB.
Clifford Stoll was running a central computer at a Berkeley lab, and was asked to trace a 75 cent error in the user accounts. This began a hunt for a hacker who was infiltrating sensitive American networks. This is the story of how Stoll exposed an international spy ring selling secrets to the KGB.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385249461 (0385249462)
Publish date: September 26th 1989
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 326
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Computer Science,
Science,
Technology,
Computers,
Mystery,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Crime,
True Crime
Read this some time ago, and again recently. When I first read it, it described a world of mainframe computer users that was exciting but out of reach. Now it seams like a history lesson. It shows just how far we have come in computer development and even more in adopting the "connected world". Howe...
As well as a gripping techno-thriller, it's also a sweet romance, and includes a great chocolate-chip cookie recipe. Stoll never sets out to be a hero, he's just a problem-solving grad student, who becomes really dedicated to solving one particular problem.I wonder how dated it seems now?
As well as a gripping techno-thriller, it's also a sweet romance, and includes a great chocolate-chip cookie recipe. Stoll never sets out to be a hero, he's just a problem-solving grad student, who becomes really dedicated to solving one particular problem.I wonder how dated it seems now?
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