Hacking in Movies: Reality vs. Fiction

Hacking in films always maximizes between the dramatization and using the real-world practices, which can lead to enjoying the content. Additionally, the film Hackers shows the inspiration of the 90s hacker culture, which showed the rensomware before they became often acts from the hackers. In contrast, the social network offers the reality of the hackers, showing the methods they used, such as stuffing that exploits password reuse, which is a current issue in the cybersecurity field. Furthermore, such as the WiFi pineapple tool, are techniques that both hackers and security researchers do use, which can show the complex world of technology. However, some scenes from the films are not real, such as cutting the power from the whole buliding. Although films are made to give entertainment to the viewers by giving the hackers the unreal powers, they also provide an exciting conversation about cybersecurity and the persnaples the hackers face in the digital landscape.