The Cuckoo's Egg

Described as "as exciting as any action novel" (The New York Times Book Review), this true story recounts astronomer Cliff Stoll's journey from routine accounting error to international cyber-espionage. Investigating a 75-cent discrepancy at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Stoll uncovers a hacker, "Hunter," breaching sensitive U.S. networks and stealing vital information. Stoll embarks on a dangerous, one-man hunt, spying on the spy in a high-stakes game of deception, broken codes, and global pursuit. His quest, which draws the attention of the CIA, escalates into a cat-and-mouse chase ultimately exposing a KGB-backed network threatening national security.

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This literature has been indexed under the primary pillar of True Crime. It was manually vetted for the Read For Truth database because it provides educational insights into White Collar Crime, assisting researchers in locating established secondary research within this specific taxonomy.