THE VIDEO SHELF · early computer espionage
The KGB, the Computer, and Me.
A WGBH/NOVA re-enactment of Clifford Stoll's hunt for KGB-linked hacker Markus Hess, based on his book The Cuckoo's Egg. It starts from a 75-cent accounting discrepancy at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Why HN readers recommended it
Mentioned alongside The Cuckoo's Egg as the screen version of an early computer-security detective story.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- DragonFartOutLoud
- Topic
- early computer espionage
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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There was also a television adaptation, "The KGB, the Computer, and Me" produced by PBS Nova in like 1992, starring Clifford Stoll as Cliff Stoll! Here is a bootlegged youtube link--it's the best I've got. [VIDEO] A legend!
cartoonworld on Hacker News · 2021-06
In A foreign seller has hijacked my Amazon Klein bottle listingHaven't seen anyone mention the 1990 documentary: [VIDEO] It's amazing to see how little he's changed.
ndsipa_pomu on Hacker News · 2023-03
In How a Berkeley Eccentric Beat the Russians – Then Made Useless, Wondrous ObjectsDefinitely read his book The Cuckoo's Egg. Terrific story and prose. Then check out the old Nova documentary about the story: The KGB, The Computer, and Me: [VIDEO]
sys32768 on Hacker News · 2024-03
In Cliff Stoll, the mad scientist who wrote the book on how to hunt hackers (2019)
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