| #1049533 in Books | Pocket | 1990-11-01 | Format: Print | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.03 x4.19 x6.69l,.50 | Binding: Mass Market Paperback | 356 pages | Great product!||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Great for fellow geeks and non-geeks alike!|By Cameron K.|Wonderfully quirky and very well written account of how a very teeny accounting discrepancy led to a major cyber-crime group. It's written in first person, and Cliff includes portions of his personal life as it revolved around the attempts to track down the criminals. For those not into actual geek history, this can be|.com |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 r
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 users on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter"-- a mystery invader hiding inside a twisting electronic labyrinth, breaking into U.S. computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Stoll began a one-man hunt of his own, spying on the spy-- and plunging into an incredible internati...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Cuckoo's Egg | Clifford Stoll. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.