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In the Realm of the Hackers is a film of genre Documentary directed by Kevin Anderson released in USA on 29 may 2003 with Nathan Phillips

In the Realm of the Hackers (2003)

In the Realm of the Hackers
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Released in USA 29 may 2003
Length 55minutes
Directed by
Rating69% 3.4542253.4542253.4542253.4542253.454225

In The Realm of the Hackers is a 2003 Australian documentary directed by Kevin Anderson about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbourne, Australia in the late 1980s until early 1990. The storyline is centered on the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "Electron" and "Phoenix", who were members of an elite computer hacking group called The Realm and hacked into some of the most secure computer networks in the world, including those of the US Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, and NASA. The film runs for 55 minutes and was inspired by the book Underground, by Melbourne-based writer and academic Suelette Dreyfus.

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Nathan Phillips

(Phoenix)
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