Hollywood and Hacking

For the past 30 years, Hollywood has consistently struggled to depict computer hacking in accurate and exciting ways.

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Hollywood and Hacking: The Full Story

Sit back, grab a drink and enjoy our visual journey through the history of Hollywood and hacking from the 1980s to today. Some movies you'll definitely remember ... and some may best be forgotten.
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Hollywood and Hacking: The 1990s – Techno, virtual reality and Steven Seagal’s Apple Newton

In part two of our series on Hollywood and Hacking we travel through the 1990s, a wondrous era where hackers wore day-glo rave outfits, serial killers slipped into virtual reality worlds and and all computers consisted of colorful CGI mainframes
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Hollywood and Hacking: The 1980s - kid hackers, nerds and Richard Pryor

From "WarGames" to "Mr Robot" we’ve tracked the path of Hollywood representations of hacking from the rigorously accurate to the amusingly ridiculous. In Part One we look at the 1980s.
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Hollywood and Hacking: Into the 21st Century - Real life hackers, computer punks and Hugh Jackman dancing

In the third and final part of our series on Hollywood and hacking we move into the 21st century and examine the shift towards true stories and realism in cinematic hacking depictions.