🪐🔍 THE ASTRONOMER WHO INVESTIGATED A 75-CENT ERROR

Описание: August 1986. Clifford Stoll, astronomer-turned-systems-admin, found a 75-cent billing error. Most would ignore it. He investigated. Discovered an unauthorized user with admin privileges. Built a trap with 50 terminals. Traced the hacker through Tymnet to Virginia, then satellite to West Germany. Watched him break into 400 U.S. military computers, stealing nuclear secrets. FBI said: "75 cents isn't worth our time." Stoll spent 10 months tracking him alone. Created fake "SDI research" files to keep hacker online longer. It worked. German police traced to Hanover. Markus Hess—selling secrets to KGB for $54,000. Arrested June 1987. Convicted of espionage. Stoll's techniques founded modern cybersecurity forensics. All from 75 cents. Clifford Stoll.