The Cuckoo's Egg ^{2nd Ed.}

Clifford Stoll had just started work running a huge central computer at a Berkeley lab when he was given the job of figuring out why the carefully kept user accounts where out by 75 cents.

From this tiny beginning began a hunt for a mysterious hacker who was using the Californian computer as an electronic way station to infiltrate dozens of other systems — including the most sensitive military, scientific and intelligence networks in America.

Obsessed with the need to uncover the hacker's identity, Stoll stalked his every move, setting up a sting operation that finally exposed an international spy ring selling secrets to the KGB.

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• Epilogue

At long last a realistic and relevant story by a real authority in the subject. Of course, you have to disregard the later statements and opinions from Clifford, but this book is good.