The KGB, the Computer and Me
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1990-10-03
Runtime: 56 mins
Director: Robin Bates
Writer: Robin Bates, Clifford Stoll
Spoken language:
Genres: Documentary
Original title: The KGB, the Computer and Me
Production Companies:
Production Countries: United States of America
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