Forty years after he stumbled upon a tiny accounting error that became a big deal, Cliff Stoll recounts events in his chronicle _The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage_.
What a lovable freak.
DefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=656058JxTM0
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