''In The Realm of the Hackers'' is a 2003 Australian documentary directed by
Kevin Anderson about the prominent hacker community, centered in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
, Australia in the late 1980s until early 1990. The storyline is centered on the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "
Electron
The electron ( or ) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge. Electrons belong to the first generation of the lepton particle family,
and are generally thought to be elementary particles because they have no kn ...
" and "
Phoenix
Phoenix most often refers to:
* Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore
* Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States
Phoenix may also refer to:
Mythology
Greek mythological figures
* Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...
",
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
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,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a federal research facility in Livermore, California, United States. The lab was originally established as the University of California Radiation Laboratory, Livermore Branch in 1952 in response ...
, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, and
NASA
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
. The film runs for 55 minutes and was inspired by the book ''
Underground
Underground most commonly refers to:
* Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth
Underground may also refer to:
Places
* The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
* The Underground (S ...
'', by Melbourne-based writer and academic
Suelette Dreyfus.
See also
*
Electron (computer hacker)
Electron was the computer handle of Richard Jones, a member of an underground hacker community called The Realm. Jones, born in June 1969, was one of three members of the group arrested in simultaneous raids by the Australian Federal Police in ...
*
Nahshon Even-Chaim
Nahshon Even-Chaim (born May 1971), aka Phoenix, was the first major computer hacker to be convicted in Australia. He was one of the most highly skilled members of a computer hacking group called The Realm, based in Melbourne, Australia, from the ...
*''
Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier''
*
Hacktivism
In Internet activism, hacktivism, or hactivism (a portmanteau of ''hack'' and ''activism''), is the use of computer-based techniques such as hacking as a form of civil disobedience to promote a political agenda or social change. With roots in hack ...
References
External links
Broadcast write-upAustralian Film Commission information
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2003 films
2003 short documentary films
Australian short documentary films
Documentary films about the Internet
Hacker culture
Works about computer hacking
2000s English-language films
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