The following Video "The KGB, the Computer, and Me" discusses what happens when a one-time Berkeley hippie/astrophysicist turns detective and gets mixed up with the CIA and KGB. This NOVA video follows computer sleuth CliffordStollas he tracks down a data thief through a maze of military and research computers. Clifford wrote a book about the events called the Cuckoos Egg.

COMPUTER CRIME HOMEWORK. Please view the Video and answer the following questions. No more then one paragraph answer per question.

 

1). What happened that alerted Cliff to a potential problem that needed to be investigated? 

2). Why was this a problem that Clifford felt had to be addressed since it was not a material $ amount? 3). 

What did the "hacker" do that allowed them to actually access the Berkeley LAB Computers? 4), 

What was the key "data" that Cliff was using to catch this hacker? 

Would that same data be used today or has any of that been replaced? 5).

Do you think this type of scenariocould happen today?

 

Describe a possible scenario of a remote attack(it doesn't have to be specifically real or even likely just possible?

 

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gHNVNRQTJg