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What first appears as a cent accounting error in a computer log is eventually revealed to be a ring of industrial espionage, primarily thanks to Stoll's persistence and intellectual tenacity. The Secret History of Cyber War. If you're a Unix sysadmin, like myself, you will recognize and emphathize with a lot of the concepts. Although the book will be best appreciated by the computer literate, even illiterates should be able to follow the technical complexities with little difficulty. Set up a giveaway. The Art of Intrusion: These days Stoll rebuilds mechanical calculators and occasionally teaches physics.

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Get fast, free delivery with Amazon Prime. I also found it interesting that, despite the fact that the author was basically a liberal, "anti-establishment", ex-hippie, he nonetheless felt such a sense of pride in his computer network that he was offended cuckpos a hacker should be in there mucking around, eegg this feeling of "ownership" and "responsibility" for his network spurred him on to try to catch the guy. Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story, instantly fascinating [and] astonishingly gripping" Smithsonian.

Are you sure you want to remove The Cuckoo's Egg from your list? These days Stoll rebuilds mechanical calculators and occasionally teaches physics. It was published in Egb you've been doing sysadmin work for more than a decade, like myself, then you'll remember the old technologies as described in this book - the modems, the bulliten boards, the days before "ssh" Stoll wasn't even a computing pro - he was an astronomer that used the computer to run programs that pointed telescopes properly.

Author Stoll leads us down the frustrating path of the early days of cyber theft and how he relentlessly pursued the attackers. Cuckoo's Egg November 1, etg, Pocket.

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Tge he tracked down a hacker who was attempting to access American computer networks, in particular those involved with national security, and actually reached into an estimated 30 of the systems he attacked.

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Ghost in the Wires: Would you like to tell us about a lower price? Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U. Government is doing better, but with our Washington politicians on their "lower taxes no matter what" roll and under funding all agencies, huge leaks are a ticking time bomb with our personal information.

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Chapter 14 defines the sophistication and Nordic mental challenges of many computer buffs and countless hackers. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. As long as businesses and government politicians continue to deny problems and under fund data security none of our personal information is safe. Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorized user on his system.

The hacker's code name was "Hunter"--a mysterious invader who managed to break into U. ComiXology Thousands of Digital Comics. There's a problem loading this menu right now.

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War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age. It was a dangerous game of deception, broken codes, satellites, and missile bases—a one-man sting operation that finally gained the attention of the CIA.

Eight members were arrested by the West German authorities but all but one were eventually released.