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The KGB, the Computer, and Me.

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The KGB, the Computer, and Me.

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.

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

5 Hacker News mentions · 2021–2024

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