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      Cuckoo's Egg

      by Clifford Stoll
      Published
      Oct 1989
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      Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story, instantly fascinating [and] astonishingly gripping" (Smithsonian).

      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 user on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter"—a mysterious invader who managed to break into U.S. computer systems and steal sensitive military and security information. Stoll began a one-man hunt of his own: spying on the spy. It was a dangerous game of deception, broken codes, satellites, and missile bases—a one-man sting operation that finally gained the attention of the CIA . . . and ultimately trapped an international spy ring fueled by cash, cocaine, and the KGB.

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      Oct 2000 Pocket ISBN13 9780743411462 ISBN10 0743411463
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      First Edition Oct 1989 Doubleday ISBN13 9780385249461 ISBN10 0385249462
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      May 2012 Doubleday ISBN13 9780307819420 ISBN10 0307819426
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      May 2012 Doubleday ISBN10 B0083DJXCM
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