Did you know that there is a list of the top 20 movies that involve hackers and cyber crime? Well, it turns out that Hollywood has been cranking out hacker-related movies since 1974 when The Conversation came out – which takes on the theme of surveillance and the violation of people’s privacy (although there are no computers in the movie).
From that point on Hollywood has been developing such popular films as Tron, War Games and Real Genius — all the way up to more recent films like Die Hard 4. Of course, how could we all forget Sandra Bullock who plays a software engineer who loses her identity to digital thieves in the 1995 film The Net?
So, the reality is that all of these films are a bit dated and cliched about cyber crime. We wonder if we will see more films that involve the truth behind cyber security: a hero fighting an unseen organized crime group, or hackers from a rogue nation? Eitherway, Hollywood always has an interesting — if not somewhat out-of-touch with reality — take on things. But who are we to judge? Perhaps Hollywood is helping raise more awareness around this issue? We welcome all thoughts, comments and feedback!
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