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Cuckoo's Egg Mass Market Paperback – November 1, 1990

by Clifford Stoll (Author)

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Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorized users on his system. The hacker's code name was "Hunter"-- a mystery invader hiding inside a twisting electronic labyrinth, breaking into U.S. computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Stoll began a one-man hunt of his own, spying on the spy-- and plunging into an incredible international probe that finally gained the attention of top U.S. counter-intelligence agents. The Cuckoo's Egg is his wild and suspenseful true story-- a year of deception, broken codes, satellites, missile bases and the ultimate sting operation-- and how one ingenious American trapped a spy ring paid in cash and cocaine, and reporting to the KGB.

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356 pages
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English
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Pocket
Publication date

November 1, 1990
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4.25 x 1.25 x 7 inches
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9780671726881
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978-0671726881
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Fascinating Story

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2022

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This was recommended to me by a professor for a Net security class. He described it as a non-fiction book that read like fiction. That was absolutely true. From the first chapter I was hooked into the book and couldn’t put it down. This book is eye opening to learn about dangers of the internet as well as fascinating to read about how secure (or not) old computers were back in the day.

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Chares G. Muhle

How to get lucky.

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2022

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When a computer "bug" shows up on our home computer, we are never quite sure if it's a HW, SW or pilot-error problem so we try different things to isolate the cause.

Like is the computer plugged in.

If we are smart and/or lucky we find the cause soon...but often it's not soon.

In 1955, I worked at MIT’s Whirlwind computer when the WEB was being conceived. We kept a daily log of every bug, maintenance task, new cable run, air conditioning, power interrupts and as well as users.

When computer is networked to thousands of computers worldwide whose passwords are easily compromised, how lucky do we need to be to find a bug…especially if it is designed to avoid our attempts.

Finding an intentional (smart) network bug requires hundreds of different isolation setups to narrow its possible cause and source…so you better keep a log of your every move if you want to get “lucky.”

Such was the problem faced by author Stoll to find what each bug appearance had in common, or not…same time? same targets? same on-line duration?

Only a log could keep track these many attempts…and later become The Cuckoo’s Egg an exciting computer detective story that, indeed, tracks a complex search…to get lucky.

Charles Muhle

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On time and in great shape!

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2022

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On time and in great shape!

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Enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2022

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Cliff Stoll's narrative account of how he caught the Hannover Hacker back in the mid 80s. It's a great page turner that doesn't bog down with overly technical details but does deliver a compelling look at a groundbreaking investigation of the early days of computer security.

great book about the early days of computer security

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2022

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The problems that Cliff talk about still exist today. Computers have gotten more complex and even harder to secure. Luckily, this book reminds us that this is nothing new and that we still, nearly 40 years later, haven’t learned our lesson.

Richard Bagdazian

Good historical account of early days of computing

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2022

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It is a good book worth the read. I personally lived through the period as an electrical engineering student and could relate to much of the story. My only issue is that it was a bit repetitive and could probably have benefitted from reduction of about 20 pages.

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Great read, and serious nostalgia

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2022

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Wow, I remember those machines and those days! This was a well written tale of tracking down a hacker, with the technical details included. It was entertaining, and brought back all the details of how the networks used to work. Also includes a cookie recipe. :)

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Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2018

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I read this not long after it came out, and it's as vibrant and compelling now as it was nearly 30 years ago. Slightly mellowed by time from an urgent tale of cyber security and social engineering to a more historical mystery, the charm, authenticity and poise of the prose shines just as brightly. Following an near unbelievable true story from "revolve this accounting error" to "KGB assassination in East Berlin", Stoll waves a compelling narrative through a formative period in the evolution of the internet. Highly recommended. Just buy it.

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Purple People Eater

Excellent read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2022

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If you've never heard of Cliff Stoll then you should check him out, he's an incredibly interesting bloke.

Aside from that, this book is his account of discovering and tracking down a hacker who'd gotten into a university mainframe, it's properly old school with terminals, modems and dot matrix printers but it's a heck of a story and worth the investment of your time.

Bonus, the 2nd hand copy I got came with a folded up newspaper article from the original reports of the case!

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Mostly Harmless

A great read, from 1986 but even more relevant today.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2021

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It's the account of a mid eighties astronomer who gets a junior job in the IT department of Berkley. Just to give him something to do they ask him to look into a 75 cent discrepancy in the billing for computer time. He gets obsessed with this and it ends up a year long mission involving every three letter agency you've ever heard of, and a bunch you haven't, and capturing a German hacker selling secrets to the KGB.

From the very early days of the internet, long before the world wide web, when nobody took IT security seriously, all those TLA were fighting each other and passing the buck and hackers were learning to exploit weaknesses and lax security. A fascinating read. Enough technical detail to let you know what is happening but simple enough for any layman to understand.
And a warning about lax security procedures that are even more relevant today now that everything is online.

jubalgunn

Essential read for anyone interested in Cyber Security.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2017

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This book should be an essential read for anyone interested in Cyber security. Its a great read and I just could not put the book down. Whether your a student, hacker, black hat, white hat, computer security professional or law enforcement its a must read. The story remains extremely relevant to present day. The general modus operandi of today hackers remains the same. To me this book is up there with 1984 and Animal Farm...but this is not satirical its a true story.
If i was a teacher, lecturer or mentor in Cyber security/Network Security this would be a compulsory read!

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SmallGirl

Good plot, but wish there was less arrogance from the author

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2021

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It is arrograntly written. I enjoyed the plot, but the way the author bigs himself up all the way through was rather grating. He calls himself a 'hacker' of sorts, but he isn't really, he is a good talker most of the time (he uses this to gain access to lots of places) and understands how things work to exploit them.

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