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Cuckoo's Egg - by Cliff Stoll (Paperback)
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Highlights
- Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential.
- About the Author: When, to the delight of the baffled FBI, CIA, and NSA, Cliff Stoll nailed his spy, he wound up on the front page of The New York Times.
- 416 Pages
- True Crime, Espionage
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Book Synopsis
Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spiesReview Quotes
"The Cuckoo's Egg is 'reader friendly, ' even for those who have only the vaguest familiarity with computers...a true spy thriller....The hunt is gripping."
-- Chicago Tribune
"As exciting as any action novel....A gripping spy thriller."
-- The New York Times Book Review
"Fascinating...a nonfiction account that reads like a le Carré novel."
-- The Seattle Times
"Stoll's is the ever-appealing story of the little man bucking the system...great fun to read...lively and thoroughly absorbing."
-- The Philadelphia Inquirer
About the Author
When, to the delight of the baffled FBI, CIA, and NSA, Cliff Stoll nailed his spy, he wound up on the front page of The New York Times. The story, broken in 1989, quickly gathered headlines across the nation and Stoll became a genuine, if somewhat unlikely, American hero. An astronomer by training and a computer expert by accident, Cliff Stoll has become a leading authority on computer security, an issue recognized everywhere as among the most important security problems of our times. He has given talks for the FBI, CIA, and NSA, and has appeared before the U.S. Senate. Stoll is an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Dimensions (Overall): 8.25 Inches (H) x 5.32 Inches (W) x 1.11 Inches (D)
Weight: .7 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Espionage
Genre: True Crime
Number of Pages: 416
Publisher: Pocket Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Cliff Stoll
Language: English
Street Date: September 13, 2005
TCIN: 77098991
UPC: 9781416507789
Item Number (DPCI): 247-45-9119
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.7 pounds
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