The KGB, the Computer and Me (1990)
Overview
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.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.662 |
Directed By
Robin Bates
Crew
Robin Bates
Robin Bates
Clifford Stoll
Kathy White
Bill Lattanzi
Robin Bates
TOP CAST
Clifford Stoll
Narrator
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