Nothing and no one is safe when he's around. In seconds, he can crack any password, steal data and inject malware. He can be either a good guy or a bad guy. The hacker, as a character to study, has often inspired filmmakers. Our "click trail" presents a few examples.
„Jurassic Park“ (1993): In "Jurassic Park," we meet Dennis Nedry – renegade, socially challenged programmer, on the dirty side and of questionable humor. He pursues self-serving criminal aims and, driven as he his, underestimates just how dangerous his employer's dinosaurs can be.
„23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint“ ("23 – Nothing is as it Seems") (1998): This German movie tells the true story of Karl Koch, who is considered to have invented "Trojan horse" viruses, and who hacked for the KGB.
"Swordfish" (Passwort: Swordfisch") (2001): Stanley Jobs, an ex-con played by Hugh Jackman, is recruited by a gangland boss to use his formidable hacking skills to commit a theft. In the process, he hacks for dear life, literally speaking, working at a breakneck pace.
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011): In this Millennium series film, Lisbeth Salander, with her prodigious computer skills and photographic memory, proves to be Mikael Blomkvist's most valuable assistant as he investigates the case of a missing woman.
"Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher" ("Who Am I – No System is Safe") (2014): The film "Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher" is themed around the idea of computer hackers working as a group. The group in question, named "CLAY" ("Clowns Laughing at You"), and driven by youthful carelessness, seeks to achieve notoriety in the hacker scene by carrying out daring, creative cyber attacks.
"Mr. Robot" (2015): Elliot Alderson, who works for a cyber security firm, is recruited by an anarchist hacker group for the task of hacking a company. Alderson is burdened with drug addiction and a personality disorder, however, and this complicates his efforts.
"Blackhat" (2015): This film's character Nicholas Hathaway is both a hacker and an action hero. Hathaway has been imprisoned for credit card fraud. In return for a reduction of his sentence, he agrees to assist Chinese authorities in locating a criminal hacker. In the process, he has to risk his life.
