The KGB, the Computer and Me
October 3, 1990
56 min
✓ Released 13038 days ago
Documentary
8.1
User Score
8 votes
About
In 1986, astronomer turned computer scientist Clifford Stoll had just started working on a computer system at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory when he noticed a 75-cent discrepancy between the charges printed by two accounting programs responsible for charging people for machine use. Intrigued, he deduced that the system was being hacked, and he determined to find the culprit. This is the re-enactment of how he tracked down KGB cracker Markus Hess through the Ethernet to Hannover, Germany.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Robin Bates
Runtime: 56 min
Top Cast
Clifford Stoll
Narrator
