The Cuckoo's Egg - Tracking A Spy Through The Maze Of Computer Espionage

Title: The Cuckoo's Egg - Tracking A Spy Through The Maze Of Computer Espionage
ISBN: 9780330317429
Author: Clifford Stoll
Rating: ⭐ 4.28 (76 ratings, 7 reviews)

A sentimental favorite, The Cuckoo's Egg seems to have inspired a whole category of books exploring the quest to capture computer criminals. Still, even several years after its initial publication and after much imitation, the book remains a good read with an engaging story line and a critical outlook, as Clifford Stoll becomes, almost unwillingly, a one-man security force trying to track down faceless criminals who've invaded the university computer lab he stewards. What first appears as a 75-cent accounting error in a computer log is eventually revealed to be a ring of industrial espionage, primarily thanks to Stoll's persistence and intellectual tenacity.