In the Realm of the Hackers

Overview

In The Realm of the Hackers is a documentary about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbourne, Australia in the late 80's to early 1990. The storyline is centered around the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "Electron" and "Phoenix", 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, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, and NASA.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 29, 2003

Original language

English

Cast

Ernie Gray,Dan Spielman,Ronald Tencati,Nathan Phillips

Director

Kevin Anderson

Writer

Kevin Anderson

Producer

John Moore,Franco di Chiera,Suelette Dreyfus

Music

Al Mullins,Janine De Lorenzo

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1199631