The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Clifford Stoll

The Cuckoo’s Egg book is well written by Cliff Stoll. It was something like reading a horror story book. It was creepy, suspense, curiosity and scary too. The hacker every time breaks into a military system seemed to be like a ghost entering into the house and not like a thief. We know thief will definitely when he attacks a home he will for sure grab all things possible for him to steal. But this hacker was not doing just that, he was wandering in the system and making some creepy moves and disappeared. Many a times he would just come and go just to show

For this final paper, I would like to discuss the historical failures that came into light when Mr. Clifford Stoll (the author of “Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a spy through the Maze of Computer Espionage” book) stumbled upon a $ 0.75 accounting error and the revelations that followed, its potential findings, risks and costs associated and why it is important to address and fix those security holes. Cuckoo’s Egg is an interesting read and the author was successful in presenting to his readers the picture of beginning of Internet days (arpanet, then), network practices then. Despite of the fact that this book describes a real incident that in 1980’s, some of the findings are relevant and torment us even today.

The article “The Spy who came home” written by Ben Taub talks about the story of how an expert in counterterrorism became a police officer. This is a great story because it explains how Patrick Skinner’s education helped him become a better cop and how he is different from other police officers.

t. I think that the hacker is trying to convince everyone that he touched that the feed is and can be really dangerous. He wants the world to change and become a better place for you and for me by stopping the huge corporations from buying more and more. I THINK IT WILL BE HARD.

What they didn’t realize was that hacker wasn’t working alone. He had an accomplice. An accomplice who has been seething over the loss of their partner for the past twenty-five years. An accomplice who’s now back and plans to bring the new generation of Westfield down just as the original hacker did so many years ago. But this time, he’s out for more than just secrets, he’s out for blood.

Upon analyzing 9/11 it was clear to focus on the limitations that the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Central Intelligence Agency had faced. Security breaches and poor intelligence sharing were just some of the critical failures that were encountered. Moreover, the main focus is pointed towards the miscommunication between these two agencies. Evidently, the execution and tactical strategies went unnoticed despite the apparent red flags that presented themselves, in addition to the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Central Intelligence Agency failure to pursue threats and establish a baseline of security resulted in the disaster of 9/11. In conjunction to these mistakes, the restriction of shared information

a poor interpretation, information wasn’t being shared. This made it almost impossible to connect the dots when investigating suspicious groups or people (Chertoff, 2014).

" If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not your enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle" (Sun Tzu). Espionage is the secret gathering of information on rival countries for military purposes. However, espionage in other countries is considered illegal: Even though it gains valuable information that could protect our country. Although many spies got caught and was sentence to life in jail or death, the espionage in World War II was effective because it gave information about the enemies and what there next move was going to be. Espionage in World War II had three major components which were code breaking, traditional spying, and deception operations.

The government became consciously aware of what could possibly happen. Work was done to improve our Intelligence Agencies policies and procedures to allow for them to work together. Emphasis is placed on the observation of the various

The spies were created for a lot of reasons, but the biggest reason was to collect information and send it back to their home Country.

For example, a woman named Julia was interrogated for having an Italian boyfriend. The Stasi believed Julia's boyfriend was a potential spy and a threat to the GDR. Julia was constantly under surveillance of the Stasi. She would notice black cars following her outside her home, her telephone were intercepted and recorded. She was also naturally being searched. The Stasis made her life worse when they ruined here dreams of becoming a language interpreter. She was fascinated with learning different languages as she communicated with others outside the world in different languages. She was hoping that her future career path would embrace her talents. However, the Stasi controlled her future and decided her education path. She was sent to a boarding school that made sure she did not attend a university, despite her good grades and knowledge (Funder 94-117). Julia was one of the many people who were constantly under surveillance by the

Later in the article, Goldman and Rosenberg, write about two such agents, Brian Ray Hoke and Nathaniel Patrick Delemarre. These men were killed in the line of duty, outside the town of Jalalabad, Afghanistan. The background of Mr. Delemarre is obscure, the only definite facts are that he served as a radio operator in the military for a dozen years. After the September 11 attacks, he joined the C.I.A. to stop any more bloodshed from happening. After that, he is a complete mystery, going off the grid. Mr. Hoke’s story is more known to the public. He grew up in North Dakota and was the average high school student. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy, and in 1997 passed the test to become a Navy SEAL, working in the Middle East and

Americans to figure out the Germans code, even though the U.S. already knew what there code

Also, the author explains these groups have found a hole in the Cyber law. Since they are not showing any signs of cyber terrorism and they have an unknown number of people the US government cannot convict them. This means that Congress has to find a way to rewrite the laws, which were written in 1986, so they can take this case to court. This article concludes by stating these hacking collectives are not a threat to the security of the US and the government should consider hiring

The events that occurred on September 11, 2001, impacted the United States and the world. Jane Mayer highlighted these changes in her book “The Dark Side,” through her interviews on the lack of communication pre-September 11th and the changes that took place following the attacks. Mayer’s work changed many views around the United States because of the layout of the events and actions dealing with September 11, 2001, by putting them into a chronological order that allowed for the reader to receive all the information in the timeframe presented. The lost connection by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to follow the links that they had dealing with Khalid al-Mihdhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi when they entered the United States. These were two of the men that had been under surveillance for their associations to Al Qaeda and later were responsible for the attacks of September 11th. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s headquarters denied access to search the laptop of Zacarias Moussaoui: An Al Qaeda operative training for the second wave of attacks. If the access were allowed the FBI would have gained information that could have halted the attacks of September 11th.