Curiously, the top-rated hacking documentary of all time is not even about hacking technology of any type, but instead focused on how social media data is being weaponized for political gain. The Great Hack is a Netflix-distributed film focuses on the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal and accusations of underhand tactics during the 2016 US presidential election and the Brexit vote.The documentary focuses on Brittany Kaiser, former business development director of SCL Group, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, turned whistle-blower and Carole Cadwalladr, a UK-based investigative journalist.
A behind-the-scenes look at the worldโs largest hacking conference as it was approaching its 20th edition.
Drink all the beer. Pwn all the thing.
The critically-acclaimed Citizenfour is the inside story of how former NSA contractor turned whistle-blower Edward Snowden exposed the extent of wholesale surveillance by the US government against its own population. Laura Poitrasโs documentary unfolds like a set up to a thriller while offering a day-by-day fly on the wall documentary about Snowden as he talks to the media in the run up to the publication of his explosive revelations.
Technologists and policymakers talk about the implications of Stuxnet, the malware infamously used to sabotage Iranian nuclear enrichment centrifuges. Stuxnet ushered in a new area where cyberspace became a domain on warfare and industrial control systems were placed on the front line of potential attack.
Zero Days takes a deep dive into this fascinating tale.
A polished look at the inner workings and beliefs of the hacking group Anonymous by filmmaker Brian Knappenberger.
We Are Legion covers various operations carried out by the hacktivist collective in furtherance of its agenda including attacks on the Church of Scientology and later DDoS attacks against payment providers that withdrew service from WikiLeaks.
Film focusing on hacktivists and their battles with the US government. The main characters in The Hacker Wars are notorious troll Andrew โWeevโ Auernheimer, Barrett Brown, Jeremy Hammond, and LulzSecโs Hector โSabuโ Monsegur. Auernheimer was controversially convicted and jailed for exposing a flaw in AT&Tโs security that exposed the email addresses of thousands of iPad users. His 2012 conviction for identity fraud and computer hacking offences was eventually quashed. Brown was affiliated with the hacktivist collective Anonymous, effectively acting as an unofficial spokesperson for the hacker collective. He was prosecuted for offences associated with the 2012 Stratfor email leak.
Hammond was convicted of hacking the private intelligence firm Stratfor before releasing the data through WikiLeaks.
Documentary focusing on UK and US hackers, featuring interviews where they discuss their varied motivations and exploits.ย
Hacking is the โbest game in the world. Itโs better than sex,โ according to one young hacker. Coldfire, who (for privacy reasons) meets film makers in a Manchester launderette, admits his interest is an obsession โ if not an addiction.
also known as "Track Down," is a movie based on the true story of Kevin Mitnick, once America's most wanted computer outlaw. "Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer OutlawโBy the Man Who Did It," was written by Tsutomu Shimomura and John Markoff. Mitnick later became a security expert and founded the global Ghost Team.
Freedom Downtime is a 2001 documentary film sympathetic to the convicted computer hacker Kevin Mitnick, directed by Emmanuel Goldstein and produced by 2600 ย
