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    The KGB, the Computer and Me

    The KGB, the Computer and Me

    1990

    56:48

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    7.8/10 (7)

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    Genre

    Documentary

    Plot

    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

    Writers

    Robin Bates, Clifford Stoll,

    Stars

    Clifford Stoll,