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Top 10 Movie Hackers


don’t let their appearance fool you put
any of these men or women in front of a
computer and they become the most
dangerous people on the planet system
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
movie hackers for this list we’re
looking at big screen characters that
use their advanced technical skills and
intellects to gain access to computers
and systems that may or may not belong
to them he’s got it
all right let’s the downloading begin
number 10 date zero cool Murphy hackers
okay let’s go shopping at a time when
grunge was in and sticking it to the man
was paramount this techno filled
cyberpunk thriller told the story of
teenage hackers who went toe-to-toe with
a major corporation look you want to be
elite you got to do a righteous hack
none of this accidental shit their
legendary leader working under the alias
zero cool made a name for himself by
crashing the computer systems of Wall
Street’s most famous landmark the New
York Stock Exchange when he was just 11
I got a record
I was zero cool zero cool crashed 1,507
systems in one day alongside beautiful
imagery a young Angelina Jolie or
Willian themes and all the 90s culture
you can handle zero cool kicks off our
list with style
like the planet – get in the car number
nine while also known as Napster the
Italian Job he only owns two the Napster
naturally oh hell I’m not calling you
the Napster why not you call him left
ear oh yeah and him handsome Rob well
that’s because he is handsome Rob well
you can call me the Napster Shawn
Fanning developed Napster right not
according to Seth Green in the 2003
remake of the 1969 British heist film he
named it Napster because it was his
nickname because of the nappy hair under
the hat but he it’s cuz I was napping
when he stole it from me this
self-proclaimed Napster is the computer
guy on this team of thieves going after
a former ally while uses his skills to
hack into the city grid re-routing
traffic and blocking trains in order to
make sure the team gets the gold and
gets away okay I’m opening up a space on
Highland aside from his skills Wiles
palpable wit and charisma are most
certainly standout qualities about this
hacker you’ll never shut down the wheel
number eight Matt Farrell live free or
die hard
I’m Matt Farrell this is uh Billy he’s
refresh from Space Camp went to Space
Camp with Freddy coming in eighth on our
list is the quirky and comedic Jin –
Bruce Willis’s stoic and macho yang from
the fourth diehard installment get your
bag Hank let’s go in live free or die
hard Justin Long’s mat helps to develop
a code to break into the National
Security Agency’s computer mainframe and
shut down its infrastructure it’s a
three step it’s a three step systematic
attack on the entire national
infrastructure in order to protect the
algorithm the film’s villain targets
Farrell for assassination wasn’t just
hack in trip the alarm
it might alert bombing as a result the
human iMac finds himself along for
McLane’s ride dropping punchlines on his
way to saving the day oh great huh there
goes the cell phone they’re not a
satellite so disguise up knowing you’re
better you ran out number seven Kevin
Flynn Tron Lynn Breeden’s full role in
this classic Disney sci-fi flick x video
game maker Kevin Flynn is transported
inside a computer program while trying
to hack into his ex employers computer
once inside he must find a way to stop a
self-aware program or AI from invading
other computers in Washington and the
Kremlin but he also must fight for his
life well you know anybody who’s got an
army for rent that’s fine but my user
told me to go take that sucker out I’m
never getting out of here
sporting cutting-edge computer imagery
for the decade Tron was the first film
to let us see what it looked like were a
hacker to physically transport his own
consciousness inside a computer system
and the results were visually delighting
memorable and cult status worthy number
six Stanley Johnson swordfish big Stan
my suit Thanks
shortly after Hugh Jackman established
himself as the hyper manly Wolverine he
was the underdog in this 2001 techno
thriller you’re wasting your time you
touch a computer I go straight back to
Leavenworth did not pass go do not
collect $200 a Burnout divorcee with a
criminal record thanks to his hacking
days Stan Lee job soon begins working
for a criminal mastermind what if I tell
you I’d give you ten million dollars
with an estranged daughter and an
affinity for red wine he also quickly
finds himself in way over his head
reading every ISP subscribers email in
the US it was a legal idea whatever a
federal charge it was you broke the law
okay well we’ll both doing what we had
to do and the carnivore program is back
in full swing
the x-man doesn’t only leave his mark in
every scene he’s in after all who can
forget his ability to hack a government
system in a minute despite all those
distractions he also keeps us holding on
for the ride throughout swordfish
number five Cosmo
sneakers you are sure we will not get
into trouble please trust me trust me
jaded from spending years in jail for
his politically motivated hacking
sneakers Cosmo builds a machine that can
decrypt any code break any firewall and
access any computer system you will give
me the box
right now or I will kill you right now
Robert Redford and his lovable team of
professional misfits must make sure it
doesn’t fall into the wrong hands be it
those of his friend turned nemesis or
their own government who else is going
to change the world Marty
Greenpeace one of only two villains on
this list Ben Kingsley’s portrayal of
the misguided genius stays with us long
after the credits roll there’s a war out
there old friend a world war and it’s
not about who’s got the most bullets
it’s about who controls the information
what we see and hear how we work what we
think it’s all about the information
number four Raoul Silva Skyfall I needed
to look in your eyes one blonde one of
the best Bond villains in years Eames
former protege comes back to settle a
vendetta and bring mi6 to its knees in
Skyfall England the Empire hey my six oh
you’re leaving in there ruin as well you
just don’t know it yet
breaking into the British intelligence
agencies computer mainframe both from
without and fiendishly from within this
terrifying hacker pushes double-oh-seven
to his absolute limit you see what comes
of all this running around Mr Bond all
this jumping and I
it’s exhausting we love him not only for
his technological malice but also for
the panache that oscar-winning actor
Javier Bardem brings to the role medical
evaluations fail physical evaluation
failed psychological evaluation alcohol
and substance addiction indicated Oh
number three Luther stickell the mission
impossible franchise jeez
do you Luther being off the disavowed
list a disavowed IMF agent with a rep
this legendary hacker is recruited in
the first installment of the mission
impossible franchise to help Ethan Hunt
clear his name where they used to call
you the net Ranger Feeny is freaked the
only man alive who actually hacked NATO
ghost code he also winds up clearing his
own in the process
Ving Rhames is not only known for being
hunts technical backup on missions but
also for his brotherly support if it
isn’t mr. those who can’t do teach back
in the field
what’s up baby Ethan don’t worry we’re
gonna get the girl
have you been away so long you forgotten
how good we are
number two David Lightman war games
games our first model simulations and
games Jeb tap that must be down T Jake
applications what does that mean I don’t
know but that’s got to be dim turn off
turn on the printer Lee I want to get a
printout of this before he was driving
classic Ferraris and popping up in
parades the would be Ferris Bueller used
his computer to falsify his grades in
this Cold War sci-fi movie
is there Margaret how can anybody get a
D in home AK while attempting to gain
early access to an advanced video game
David unknowingly hacks into a
supercomputer and accidentally runs a
simulation that makes the US military
believe there’s going to be a nuclear
strike against the country he’s missed
primary targets
who should we knew first oh let’s see
how about Las Vegas racing against time
to prevent World War 3 David learns an
important lesson about what happens when
two countries play a game of global
thermonuclear war hey I don’t believe
that any system is totally secure just a
high-school student we think not david
nutt machines don’t call people
yours dead
before we decipher our top pick here are
a few honorable mentions I miss you on
my computer how did you do that right
now all I can tell you
that you’re in danger it works like a
computer virus all right so all we have
to do is loader anywhere into the credit
union mainframe and we’ll do the rest
hacking into people’s computers I guess
I could get into some people’s machines
but not not Teddy’s you always had the
most paranoid firewalls protect this
data in fact until the US Department of
Justice do you know what will happen if
they trace it here the chief of
computers will call me a genius move me
to Moscow and give me a million bucks
hard currency unfortunately Harvard
doesn’t keep a public centralized
Facebook’s I’m going to have to get all
the images from the individual houses
that people are in let the hacking begin
number one Lisbeth Salander The Girl
with the Dragon Tattoo something wrong
with the report oh it was quite Farrah
but I’m also interested in what’s not in
it there’s nothing not in your opinion
of him isn’t in David Fincher’s haunting
mystery thriller based on the
best-selling novel the titular hacker
works as a private investigator who uses
her investigatory skills to solve a
murder as well as steal billions from a
corrupt entrepreneur and did some work
on my own on him before you hired me I
haven’t had a chance to look at the doll
because you and Harriet Vanger have kept
me busy but I may have something you may
have something maybe rooney mara ‘he’s
portrayal of a borderline savant is an
enigma in itself striking and scary
intelligent and unpredictable if you
fail this video will spread across the
internet like a virus
no this inked-up beauty doesn’t only
steal secrets but also every scene she’s
in lie still I’ve never done this before
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