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NOVA: The KGB, The Computer and Me

Nova (1990)

Documentary | United States

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SEASON: 17

EPISODE: 10 - The KGB, The Computer and Me

SYNOPSIS

This documentary covers the surprising tale of an average systems administrator who stumbled upon a KGB spy operation. Clifford Stoll carried out one of the first successful digital forensics investigations by tracking down Markus Hess, a KGB hacker, after noticing a discrepancy in the logs of a University of California computer.

RUNTIME: 55 min

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