Episode 29 - Project Equalizer

West German hackers, the KGB, Berkeley scientists, and enough hash to kill a police horse. This is the story of Project Equalizer.

Created, Produced & Hosted by Keith Korneluk

Written & Researched by Jim Rowley

Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Greg Bernhard

Theme Song You Are Digital by Computerbandit

Show Transcript

Sources:

Cyberpunk: Outlaws and Hackers on the Computer Frontier, by Katie Hafner and John Markoff

Cuckoo’s Egg, by Clifford Stoll  

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-wall-built 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qecZ7UpAzzM 

http://www.securitybydefault.com/2011/02/entrevista-hans-hubner-pengo.html 

https://fedtechmagazine.com/article/2017/07/decs-vax-superminicomputer-became-mainstay-federal-research#:~:text=VAX%20computers%20ran%20on%20an,virtual%20memory%2C%20as%20TechTarget%20notes. 

https://www.france24.com/en/20191025-east-germany-s-egon-krenz-the-incorrigible-comrade