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The KGB, The Computer and Me - The Cuckoo’s Egg Story

Australian Phoenix CyberOps · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Security & hackingPrivacy, surveillance & cybercrimeGeopolitics & foreign policy

What it is

A 57-minute account of Clifford Stoll's tracking of a KGB-linked hacker through Lawrence Berkeley Lab computers in 1986, the story of The Cuckoo's Egg. It covers the FBI and Chaos Computer Club involvement.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a documentary telling the early hacking and spy-hunting story, with the original people involved.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's quite amazing to see the original people involved recreating events just a few years after they took place”

    Documentary recreating the KGB hacker case with the original people

    dosman33, 2024-02 · Recommendation · in “Acme Klein Bottle”

  2. “His NOVA episode on the same subject is worth a watch as well”

    Clifford Stoll's NOVA episode on the Cuckoo's Egg story

    mrlatinos, 2025-06 · Recommendation · in “Klein Bottle Amazon Brand Hijacking (2021)”

  3. “and a documentary ("The KGB, The computer and Me")”

    Documentary adaptation of Stoll's Cuckoo's Egg spy-hunting story

    29athrowaway, 2025-12 · Recommendation

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Topics: clifford stoll, kgb, computer espionage, incident response, 1980s hacking

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