The KGB, the Computer and Me

Name: The KGB, the Computer and Me
Rating: 7.8

Not Rated Documentary

Starring: Clifford Stoll

Writer: Robin Bates, Clifford Stoll

Release Date:
October 3, 1990

Ratings:
7.8 / 10

Director:
Robin Bates

Companies:
N/A

Overview

In 1986, astronomer turned computer scientist Clifford Stoll had just started working on a computer system at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory when he noticed a 75-cent discrepancy between the charges printed by two accounting programs responsible for charging people for machine use. Intrigued, he deduced that the system was being hacked, and he determined to find the culprit. This is the re-enactment of how he tracked down KGB cracker Markus Hess through the Ethernet to Hannover, Germany.

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