The KGB, the Computer and Me
1990•56m•7.9•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Robin Bates
Writer
Robin Bates, Clifford Stoll
Cast
Clifford Stoll
Narrator
Production
Producer
Kathy White
Producer
Robin Bates
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