Home > Documentary >

The KGB, the Computer and Me

The KGB, the Computer and Me (1990)

October. 03,1990
|
7.8
| Documentary

The KGB, the Computer and Me

1990  / 0 hr 56 min

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.

READ MORE

Watch Trailer

Director
Robin Bates
Genres

Free Trial Channels

AD
Show More

Cast

Similar titles