Clifford Stoll

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The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage

A seemingly trivial 75-cent accounting discrepancy at a national lab ignites a relentless pursuit of a sophisticated foreign spy infiltrating critical U.S. military computer networks. Clifford Stoll, a systems administrator with a background in astronomy, transforms into a cyber detective, navigating the uncharted and vulnerable landscape of 1980s computer security to expose an international espionage operation.