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 users on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter"-- a mystery invader hiding inside a twisting electronic labyrinth, breaking into U.S. computer systems and stealing sen... more »

ISBN-13: 9780385249461
ISBN-10: 0385249462
Publication Date: 1989
Pages: 326
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Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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Linda A. (LovinLife) reviewed The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage on 8/21/2009

Fascinating story of Stoll's tenacious tracking down of an international hacker, years before the Web came along. It all started with a 75c discrepancy on a computer usage billing. . .

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