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The Cuckoos Egg

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The Cuckoo’s Egg was a book by Cliff Stoll, in which he described detecting, tracing, and identifying a West German hacker who had been hired by the KGB, the Soviet intelligence service, to penetrate military computers and search for secrets.[1]

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  1. ↑ "The KGB, The Computer and Me". Nova (PBS) via YouTube. 1989. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  2. ↑ Andy Greenberg (2019-12-18). "Meet the Mad Scientist Who Wrote the Book on How to Hunt Hackers". WIRED magazine. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  3. ↑ "Cliff Stoll Role in Uncovering The Cuckoo's Egg Hacker". Chaintech. 2025-01-19. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  4. ↑ Martin Snapp (2022-09-16). "How a Berkeley Eccentric Beat the Russians—and Then Made Useless, Wondrous Objects". Cal Alumni Association. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  5. ↑ "Cyber-Sleuth Cliff Stoll: How a Mad Genius Exposed Moscow's Hacker Spies". SPYSCAPE. 2026-02-01. Retrieved 2026-02-08.