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The Cuckoo's Egg - Tracking A Spy Through The Maze Of Computer Espionage (Paperback) Loot Price: R424
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The Cuckoo's Egg - Tracking A Spy Through The Maze Of Computer Espionage (Paperback)

Cliff Stoll

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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 own: 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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Imprint: Pocket Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2005
First published: September 2005
Authors: Cliff Stoll
Dimensions: 210 x 136 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-0778-9
Categories: Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Controversial knowledge > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Espionage & secret services
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LSN: 1-4165-0778-7
Barcode: 9781416507789

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