The KGB, the Computer and Me (1990)

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The KGB, the Computer and Me (Original Title)

StoryLine

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

Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 03/10/1990
Run Time: 56 min
Popularity: 1.558
Status: Released