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tags: book, culture
name: The Cuckoo's Egg
short_description: Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story, instantly fascinating [and] astonishingly gripping" (Smithsonian). 
target: https://www.amazon.com/Cuckoos-Egg-Tracking-Computer-Espionage/dp/1416507787/
author: Cliff Stoll
contributor: gradiuscypher
last_updated: 2020-01-02
render: true

media_type: book
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Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive U.S. citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up? Cliff Stoll's dramatic firsthand account is "a computer-age detective story, instantly fascinating [and] astonishingly gripping" (Smithsonian).