When the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers, an acquaintance senses that there is money in computer cracking - and travels to east ... Read allWhen the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers, an acquaintance senses that there is money in computer cracking - and travels to east Berlin to try to contact the KGB.When the orphaned Karl Koch and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers, an acquaintance senses that there is money in computer cracking - and travels to east Berlin to try to contact the KGB.
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Well, this story has its interesting angles at present as most of people in the 1980ies had no PC or intranet, but it is not on the level of e.g. Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher, dealing with hackers as well.
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- TriviaThe other side of the story (the hunter's) is told in the movie The KGB, the Computer and Me (1990)
- GoofsKarl Koch collapses right after the Chernobyl accident (April 1986). On what seems to be the next morning in the movie, "Glücksrad" is on the TV in the hospital. The show started on German TV no sooner than 7 November 1988.
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Karl Koch: We hacked into everything we could. We took files from colleges, corporations and libraries. It was really easy most of the time. People were not creative with their passwords. Some used "password" others their pets' or wife's name. We worked at night for cheaper phone rates. Our weeks had 6 days of 28 hours. Which caused problems
- ConnectionsFeatured in Alles ist eins. Ausser der 0. (2020)
- SoundtracksChild in Time
Written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice
B. Feldmann & Co Ltd t/as Hec Music
Performed by Deep Purple
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- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1