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The scene doesn’t include a keyboard. Or a computer mouse. But it shows why Michael Mann’s Blackhat may be the best hacker movie ever made.
For Parisa Tabriz, who sits at the center of the info-sec universe as the head of Google’s Chrome security team, it’s a Hollywood moment that rings remarkably true. “It’s not flashy, but it’s something that real criminals have tried—and highlights the fundamental security problems with foreign USB devices.”
Tabriz will also tell you that such accuracy—not to mention the subtlety of the scene with the coffee-stained papers—is unusual for a movie set in the world of information security. And she’s hardly alone in thinking so. Last week, Tabriz helped arrange an early screening of Blackhat in San Francisco for 200-odd security specialists from Google, Facebook, Apple, Tesla, Twitter, Square, Cisco, and other parts of Silicon Valley’s close-knit security community, and their response to the film was shockingly, well, positive.
http://www.wired.com/2015/01/blackhat-the-best-cyber-movie/
Did you find hacking accurately depicted in the movie ?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by maxwell demon on Sunday January 18 2015, @01:08PM
Looking at the reviews, I don't see any saying the hacker scenes are not authentic (which is all the article is about). They complain about a boring plot, bad character motives, bad filming … but the hacking depicted is nowhere criticised, as far as I see (I haven't read through all the contributions, though).
So what I gather from the article plus the reviews:
If you want to see a good film, better stay away. But if you are just interested in seeing realistic hacking scenes (and great gunfight scenes), this film is for you.
Maybe they should use it in security education. ;-)
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