The Cuckoo's Egg : Tracking a Spy Through a Maze of Computer Espionage Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Cuckoo's Egg : Tracking a Spy Through a Maze of Computer Espionage Book

A sentimental favorite, The Cuckoo's Egg seems to have inspired a whole category of books exploring the quest to capture computer criminals. Still, even several years after its initial publication and after much imitation, the book remains a good read with an engaging story line and a critical outlook, as Clifford Stoll becomes, almost unwillingly, a one-man security force trying to track down faceless criminals who've invaded the university computer lab he stewards. What first appears as a 75-cent accounting error in a computer log is eventually revealed to be a ring of industrial espionage, primarily thanks to Stoll's persistence and intellectual tenacity.Read More

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  • Product Description

    A true tale of electronic skulduggery and detection in the world of computers. It tells of a year the author spent tracking down a hacker who was using his computer as a way station to gain access to dozens of other systems all over the US, including sensitive military and intelligence networks.

  • 0370314336
  • 9780370314334
  • Cliff Stoll
  • 8 February 1990
  • The Bodley Head, London
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 326
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