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Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story, instantly fascinating [and] astonishingly gripping" (Smithsonian).Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorized user on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter" -- a mysterious invader who managed to break into U.S. computer systems and steal sensitive military and security information. Stoll began a one-man hunt of his spying on the spy. It was a dangerous game of deception, broken codes, satellites, and missile bases -- a one-man sting operation that finally gained the attention of the CIA...and ultimately trapped an international spy ring fueled by cash, cocaine, and the KGB.
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The cuckoo's egg, Clifford Stoll
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- Pubblicato
- 2005
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- Titolo
- The cuckoo's egg
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Clifford Stoll
- Pubblicato
- 2005
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 399
- ISBN10
- 1416507787
- ISBN13
- 9781416507789
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tecnologia & Ingegneria, Computer & Internet, Scienza, USA, Germania, Tecnologia, Letteratura Americana, Spionaggio, Internet, Basato su eventi reali, FBI, CIA, Hacker, KGB, Reti Informatiche, Unix, Crimine informatico
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1990
- Titolo originale
- The Cuckoo's Egg
- Valutazione
- 4,25 su 5
- Descrizione
- Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story, instantly fascinating [and] astonishingly gripping" (Smithsonian).Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorized user on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter" -- a mysterious invader who managed to break into U.S. computer systems and steal sensitive military and security information. Stoll began a one-man hunt of his spying on the spy. It was a dangerous game of deception, broken codes, satellites, and missile bases -- a one-man sting operation that finally gained the attention of the CIA...and ultimately trapped an international spy ring fueled by cash, cocaine, and the KGB.