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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
by Clifford Stoll
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Doubleday (1989-09-26)
ISBN: 0385249462
EAN: 9780385249461
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 326 pages
Edition: 1st
Release Date: 1989-09-26
SKU: 509443
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: 1ST EDITION, WITH A BEAUTIFUL DUST COVER. GIFT QUALITY. BOOK AND PAGES IN PERFECT CONDITION. RAPID SHIPPING, FREE TRACKING. AIR MAIL.
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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.
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Amazon.com Review
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.
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