The KGB, the Computer and Me poster

The KGB, the Computer and Me

1990 • 0h56m Documentary

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7.8/10

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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.

Details

Director

Robin Bates

Screenplay

Robin Bates

Clifford Stoll

Cast

Clifford Stoll

Release date

10/3/1990

Status

Released

Origin country

US

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