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6 Times Hollywood Got Security Right
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JulietteRizkallah
JulietteRizkallah,
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4/26/2017 | 7:05:29 PM
Re: You missed one.
I agree!! The Millenium series has the best representation of the hacking techniques!  But maybe it was not included in this article as not initially created by Hollywood...
Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
 User Rank: Ninja
4/25/2017 | 1:30:29 PM
Sneakers, Hackers
It's been quite some time since I've seen Sneakers, but I definitely remember it as being among the less sensationalized and more "accurate" depictions of hacking.

Incidentally, I seem to recall the movie Hackers having some ridiculousness in it -- but it did offer one cool trick: That you can turn any (landline) phone into a rotary phone -- if, for some reason, dialing directly isn't a feasible or desirable option -- by simply tapping the hang-up clicker X number of times for each number.
SecretSquirrel96
SecretSquirrel96,
 User Rank: Apprentice
4/24/2017 | 12:54:37 PM
Enemy of the State
Going to have to disagree on enemy of the State having anything realistic about it at all, let alone anything to do with Cyber Security. The only thing close to getting it right in that movie, was the fact the NSA exists.

Beyond that it was a typical Hollywood version of reality.

When you start of the movie with the murder of a politician by an NSA director, you lose all credibility in the realism category.

NSA doesn't, task or control imagery satelittes, nor are they re-tasked in real time or streaming live video, that's just completely ridiculous

 

 
ANON1248385514336
ANON1248385514336,
 User Rank: Strategist
4/21/2017 | 11:29:49 AM
You missed one.

This article for me was kind of a "Duh" moment. There's no major epiphanies here. What about "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". For me, the brief glimpse of a SQL injection attack elevated the proficiency of the character way more than any portrayed hacker before that movie.



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