The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
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Gallery Books"
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
Author:
Cliff Stoll
Language:
English
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Paperback
Publication Date:
9/13/2005 0:00
ISBN:
1416507787
Pages:
399
Reading Level:
Adult
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9781416507789
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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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The book, The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN# 9781416507789 in Paperback by Stoll, Cliff may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.