Stoll had been working at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory when he discovered that a spy had broken into the organization’s computer network. Follow the Author Clifford Stoll The Cuckoos Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage Paperback 13 September 2005 by Cliff Stoll (Author) 2,373 ratings See all formats and editions Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 5,828.14 3 Used from 798.00 3 New from 5,828. Although the book will be best appreciated by the computer literate, even illiterates should be able to follow the technical complexities with little difficulty. The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage Paperback 13 September 2005 by Cliff Stoll (Author) 4. In 1989 Clifford Stoll published The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage. Stoll's first book, The Cuckoo's Egg, an exhilarating account of how he brought down a ring of computer. Eight members were arrested by the West German authorities but all but one were eventually released. Doubleday Books, 19.95 (326pp) ISBN 978-6-1. But his diligence paid off and in due course it was learned that the hacker, 25-year-old Markus Hess of Hanover, Germany, was involved with a spy ring. Initially Stroll waged a lone battle, his employers begrudging him the time spent on his search and several government agencies refused to cooperate. He lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area. Clifford Stolls non-fiction book 'The Cuckoos Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage' tells the thrilling true story of Stolls persona.

Painstakingly 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 450 systems he attacked. Clifford Stoll, an MSNBC commentator, a lecturer, and a Berkeley astronomer, is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Cuckoo's Egg, Silicon Snake Oil, and High-Tech Heretic: Reflections of a Computer Contrarian. A 75-cent discrepancy in billing for computer time led Stoll, an astrophysicist working as a systems manager at a California laboratory, on a quest that reads with the tension and excitement of a fictional thriller.

The Cuckoo's Egg by Clifford Stoll