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The KGB, the Computer, and Me
The documentary version of Clifford Stoll's 'The Cuckoo's Egg'
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- Recommended by 4 people: 2 on Hacker News, 1 on Lobsters and 1 in engineering communities.
- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2013 to 2019.
- Presented by Clifford Stoll, computer sleuth
Beginner. No background in the topic needed.
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Clifford Stoll recounts how he tracked a hacker through military and research computer networks, leading to an international espionage investigation.
How does computer crime really work? What does the Internet look like? Find out when a one-time Berkeley hippie/astrophysicist turns detective and gets mixed up with the CIA and KGB. NOVA follows computer sleuth Clifford Stoll as he tracks down a data thief through a maze of military and research computers. From 1990 Cliff Stoll's Website web.archive.org/web/20100425041451/http://www.ocf.berkeley.e… "The KGB, the Computer, and Me" IMDb Entry: imdb.com/title/tt0308449/ "23" IMDb Entry: imdb.com/title/tt0126765/ Karl Koch Tribute Website: hagbard-celine.de "23" - Complete with English Subtitles: video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4392076678080895410 Spiegel TV: Karl Koch Documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=kBooWAvLmI8Why it's here
4 people recommend thisWhat people say. Highly recommended as an entertaining and classic documentary about early computer espionage and network security tracking.
wmaton Hacker News • Recommends
On “Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?”
Some of my favourite nerdy documentaries: BBS: The Documentary link The KGB, the Computer, and Me link to this video 8 Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars link
otakucodeon Hacker News • Recommends
On “Get an Acme Klein Bottle”
Oh, yes, that is the documentary I watched. It was really great, getting to hear it from Mr. Stoll's mouth directly. He was much less enthusiastic than he tends to be in Numberphile videos, I imagine that might be down to the director of the film. It is available on YouTube if anyone cares to give it a watch! link to this video
meatsockon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Olduse.net: a 30-year delayed Usenet feed (2013)”
cliff stoll made an ... interesting movie of this book. its fun to watch and would probably make a good drinking game. : link to this video
gabrielblackon Hacker News • Mentions
On “The Cuckoo's Egg”
"The book was chronicled in an episode of WGBH’s NOVA entitled “The KGB, the Computer, and Me”, which aired on PBS stations on October 3, 1990" I think it's this one: link to this video Oh,me I'm ROFL: an actor is identical to one of X-Files "Lone Gunmen". When he explains the beeper to his wife I needed the oxygen. It's like "Doctor Who vs hackers" :-)