Stoll was an astronomer, but he became the systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab. When he took the position, he discovered a 75-cent accounting error. It indicated there was either a bug within the code of the accounting program or unauthorized users on his system. Stoll began an investigation with his extensive testing and experiments that ended up changing the intelligence community. He reveals unauthorized access and the flaws of computer security. Read it for a suspenseful, true story of one scientist's ingenious methods that brought down a spy ring opening the door to the world of computer investigations.
