
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.
Director
Robin Bates
Writers
Robin Bates, Clifford Stoll
Release Date
October 3, 1990
Runtime
0h 56m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
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