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The Cuckoo's Egg Tracking A Spy Through The Maze Of Computer Espionage
The Cuckoo's Egg Tracking A Spy Through The Maze Of Computer Espionage
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Binding: Paperback
Description: In this white - knuckled true story that is as exciting as any action novel (The New York Times Book Review) an astronomer - turned - cyber - detective begins a personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatens national security and leads all the way to the KGB. When Cliff Stoll followed the trail of a 75 - cent accounting error at his workplace the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory it led him to the presence of an unauthorized user on the system. Suddenly Stoll found himself crossing paths with a hacker named Hunter who had managed to break into sensitive United States networks and steal vital information. Stoll made the dangerous decision to begin a one - man hunt of his own: spying on the spy. It was a high - stakes game of deception broken codes satellites and missile bases one that eventually gained the attention of the CI a. What started as simply observing soon became a game of cat and mouse that ultimately reached all the way to the KGB.
Title: The Cuckoo's Egg Tracking A Spy Through The Maze Of Computer Espionage
Author(s): Stoll Cliff
Publisher: Gallery Books
Barcode: 9781416507789
Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/13/2005
Category: True Crime
Description: In this white - knuckled true story that is as exciting as any action novel (The New York Times Book Review) an astronomer - turned - cyber - detective begins a personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatens national security and leads all the way to the KGB. When Cliff Stoll followed the trail of a 75 - cent accounting error at his workplace the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory it led him to the presence of an unauthorized user on the system. Suddenly Stoll found himself crossing paths with a hacker named Hunter who had managed to break into sensitive United States networks and steal vital information. Stoll made the dangerous decision to begin a one - man hunt of his own: spying on the spy. It was a high - stakes game of deception broken codes satellites and missile bases one that eventually gained the attention of the CI a. What started as simply observing soon became a game of cat and mouse that ultimately reached all the way to the KGB.
Title: The Cuckoo's Egg Tracking A Spy Through The Maze Of Computer Espionage
Author(s): Stoll Cliff
Publisher: Gallery Books
Barcode: 9781416507789
Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/13/2005
Category: True Crime