Markus Hess
Markus Hess is a former German hacker.
KGB hack
Markus Hess was involved along with Karl Koch and others at the KGB hack in the 1980s. He stepped under the pseudonym " Urmel " on the web. June 23, 1987 and from work by Markus Hess were searched in Hanover after Clifford Stoll of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California had become aware of the hacker who had broken into the computer of the laboratory. In a trial before the Higher Regional Court of Celle, which also Clifford Stoll testified, were sentenced Hess and others 1990 different probation.
Objectives of the hacks
Computers that Markus Hess hacked:
- SRI International - Menlo Park, California
- U.S. Army Darcom - Seckenheim
- U.S. Army 24th Infantry - Fort Stewart, Georgia
- U.S. Navy Coastal Systems Computers - Panama City, Florida
- U.S. Air Force - Ramstein
- WITH MX Computer, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- OPTIMUS Database - Ministry of Defense of the United States
- Air Force Systems Command - El Segundo, California
- Anniston Army Depot - Anniston, Alabama
Film
The story of Markus Hess is rudimentary in the film " 23 - as it seems Nothing is " told. Hess is summarized in the film for dramatic reasons with Hans Heinrich Hübner ( pseudonym " Pengo " ), who was also involved in the KGB hack to a person ( David). Thus, the presentation does not reflect the actual events in the film.
Filmed was also the story of Clifford Stoll under the name " The KGB, the Computer and Me" (The KGB, the Computer, and Me ) ( 1990). The TV movie first aired on 3 October 1990 in the U.S. ( TV). The film was produced on location by the WGBH Educational Foundation for the U.S. television documentary series NOVA by Robin Bates and Catherine White. The result is about 60 minutes long and also includes a short interview with the hacker Pengo (Hans Heinrich Hübner ) and some shots of Markus Hess incurred during the process in Celle.