Defeating the Hackers
Description
This film explores the murky and fast-paced world of hackers out to steal money and identities and wreak havoc with people's online lives, and the scientists who are joining forces to help defeat them. Horizon meets the two men who uncovered the world's first cyber weapon, the pioneers of what is called ultra paranoid computing, and the computer expert who worked out how to hack into cash machines.
Runtime
50 min
Subjects
- Information technology (161)
- Terrorism (275)
- Information society (81)
- Computer crimes (87)
- Computer security (97)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2014], c2013
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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