49499
49499

The KGB, the Computer and Me

1990-10-03
7.786
en 56m
Documentary
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.

Writer

Robin Bates

Producer

Robin Bates

Writer

Clifford Stoll

Producer

Kathy White

Editor

Bill Lattanzi

Director

Robin Bates

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

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