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Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage (Hardcover)

by Clifford Stoll (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 326 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday (Sep 1989)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0385249462
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385249461
  • Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 15.7 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 554,290 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A true-life account of computer espionage tells of a year-long single-handed hunt for a computer thief known as "Hunter," a hacker who stole sensitive security and military information from American computer files to sell to Soviet intelligence agents. Reprint. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars You've lost 75 cents of computer time? Panic!, 13 Nov 2000
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This review is from: The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage (Paperback)
Spy stories are great fun. James Bond, Tom Clancy... And Now Cliff Stoll, with only one minor difference.

This one's true.

In the Eighties, Clifford Stoll ran out of money for his research into Astronomy at the University of Berkeley and was 'recycled' into the lab's computer division. A couple of days into his new job, his boss brought an interesting problem to his attention, their accounting software - logging, and charging for, time on the mainframe - was missing 75 cents. Would he like to look into it?

A year later Clifford Stoll had tracked a hacker across half the planet, through dozens of supposedly secure military and civillian networks, he'd interfaced with a dozen or more three-letter agencies (CIA, FBI, NSA, CID and more) and become one of the world's most respected experts in computer security.

I wish I had half the brains this man has. I'd reccomend this book to anyone with even a passing interest in the internet, computer security, networks and other computer related hardware. The book'll leave you feeling like an idiot, but you'll love every second.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly Relevant, 11 Sep 2005
By R. P. Sedgwick "Grim Rob" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage (Paperback)
Despite the age of this book, the basic concepts of hackers, viruses and worms are surprisingly similar now to what they were in the late 1980's, the period when The Cuckoo's Egg is set. The big difference between then and now is the incredible lack of interest in computer espionage from the various US intelligence agencies which the author encountered.

The story of this book is largely Clifford Stoll's battle to get the FBI, CIA and numerous other agencies to recognise what was going on and act upon it. This despite the fact that the target of the hackers were predominantly military computers.

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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing story of persistence and imperfection of technology, 18 Sep 2002
By S. Yogendra "techstrategist" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage (Paperback)
This book was worth every moment of the 3 odd hours I spent reading it (or more or less depending on your reading speed) and worth every penny you may spend on it (Lucky me, I got it as a present from an old friend!).

In my view, it is not a spy saga, as another reviewer refers to it. Instead it is a fascinating celebration of human curiosity. It is a gripping account of the dogged persistence in problem-solving, that separates an ordinary techie from a brilliant one.

Written in a simple style, it does not seek to alienate the non-techie reader, adding to its appeal. More intriguing is the fact that it is a real story from an era when the web was not as evolved as we know it now. In that it also becomes an interesting historical narrative of some of major technological developments in that era. To enjoy this book would take only some curiosity, that will take you through to the end of the story and some desire to see a challenge carried through to its deserved conclusion. Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Appropriately named
A cuckoo bird will lay its egg in another birds nest letting that bird raise the offspring as her own. Read more
Published 6 months ago by bernie

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just a spy story...
So Cliff Stoll, astronomer, gets a job as a computer bod at Berkeley. He comes across a discrepancy in accounting of about 75 cents for computer time and when he investigates... Read more
Published 18 months ago by S. Bentley

3.0 out of 5 stars Readable, but could be half the length
This is a book about an academic chasing a hacker in the days when this was a rare and for the most part, irrelevant act in the eyes of the FBI etc. Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2006 by Joe 2316

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book !!!
This is by far the best book I've ever read !!

Clifford Stoll starts out as a seemingly happless Astronomer and unfolds into a Spycatcher. Read more
Published on 4 May 2006 by M. Rider

5.0 out of 5 stars Worked for me ... a real page turner! Got a lesson in the creation of the Internet to-boot!
This book manages to be two books in one really: a brief history of the Internet, protocols involved, and computers of yore; and a thrilling story about one mans obsession to... Read more
Published on 20 April 2006 by J. Davies

5.0 out of 5 stars Appropriately named
A cuckoo bird will lay its egg in another birds nest letting that bird raise the offspring as her own.

I saw the TV program on this story before reading the book. Read more

Published on 15 Jan 2006 by bernie

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally griping!
I had real trouble putting this book down. It tells a fascinating detective story in the modern computer world. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2005 by Neil Catto

5.0 out of 5 stars The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Compute
I am not one to read novels, in fact I've never read one in my life as I prefer to read technical computing books, computing magazines, journals etc. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2004 by landore

5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Rocks
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