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The KGB, the Computer, and Me.

DragonFartOutLoud · documentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A WGBH/NOVA re-enactment of Clifford Stoll's hunt for KGB-linked hacker Markus Hess, based on his book The Cuckoo's Egg. It starts from a 75-cent accounting discrepancy at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Mentioned alongside The Cuckoo's Egg as the screen version of an early computer-security detective story.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “A legend!”

    Television adaptation of Cliff Stoll's story.

    cartoonworld, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listing”

  2. “It's amazing to see how little he's changed.”

    1990 documentary featuring Cliff Stoll.

    ndsipa_pomu, 2023-03 · Recommendation · in “How a Berkeley Eccentric Beat the Russians – Then Made Useless, Wondrous Objects”

  3. “Then check out the old Nova documentary about the story”

    Old Nova documentary of the Cuckoo's Egg story.

    sys32768, 2024-03 · Recommendation · in “Cliff Stoll, the mad scientist who wrote the book on how to hunt hackers (2019)”

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Topics: cuckoo's egg, clifford stoll, kgb, hacking, nova

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