Cracking the Cuckoo's Egg

In the mid-'80s, a series of computer hacks spanning the globe were performed by members and associates of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in Germany. This was the first major international hacking event involving espionage, resulting in arrests, convictions, and the death of Karl Koch (a.k.a. Hagbard, as referred to in this story), a young first-generation hacker. The hacking events associated with the Chaos Computer Club persisted for over two years, involving hundreds of systems across the...