Hacker Movies Survey

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* 1. Do you consider yourself to be ....

A hacker?

A nerd?

A security professional?

A general user?

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* 2. How old are you?

Youngster - born after 2005

Millennial Generation - born between 1989 and 2005

Generation Y - born between 1979 and 1988

Generation X - born between 1961 and 1978

Older than dirt - born before 1961

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* 3. Are you male or female?

Male

Female

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* 4. How many hacker movies do you think you have seen?

None

Some

Most

All

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* 5. How old were you when you started considering yourself a hacker (or whatever you categorize yourself as)?

Younger than 10 Years Old

Between 10 and 20 Years Old

Between 21 and 30 Years Old

Between 31 and 40 Years Old

Between 41 and 50 Years Old

Older than 50 Years Old

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* 6. What is your favorite gateway hacker movie that got you interested in hacking?

Tron –1982

Wargames – 1983

Sneakers - 1992

The Net – 1995

Hackers – 1995

The Matrix – 1999

Live Free or Die Hard - 2007

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – 2009

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo – Rooney Mara – Salinder – 2011

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What is your favorite movie where a Hacker is the main character?

Tron – Jeff Bridges – Kevin Flynn – 1982

Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn - William Shatner – Kirk - 1982

Wargames – Matther Broderick – David - 1983

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off - Matther Broderick – Ferris - 1986

The Net – Sandra Bullock – Angela Bennett - 1995

Hackers – Jonny Lee Miller - Crash Overide - 1995

Independence Day - Jeff Goldblum - David Levinson – 1996

The Matrix - Keanu Reeves – Neo - 1999

Swordfish - Hugh Jackman - Stanly Jobson – 2001

Foolproof – Ryan Reynolds – Kevin - 2003

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo – Noomi Race – Salinder - 2009

The Social Network – Jessie Eisenberg - Mark Zuckerberg – 2010

The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo – Rooney Mara – Salinder – 2011

Other (please specify)

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* 8. What is your favorite movie where a Hacker is a supporting character?

The Italian Job – Benny Hill – Simon Peach - 1969

Star Wars: A New Hope – Kenny Baker – R2D2 – 1977

Superman III – Richard Pryor – Gus Gorman

Real Genius - Jon Gries - Lazlo Hollyfield – 1985

Sneakers - David Strathairn – Whistler - 1992

Jurassic Park – Arianna Richards – Lex Murphy - 1993

Goldeneye - Alan Cummings - Boris Grishenko – 1995

Hackers - Angelina Joline - Acid Burn – 1995

Johnny Mnemonic - Ice-T - J-Bone – 1995

Mission Impossible - Ving Rhames - Luther Stickel – 1996

The Matrix - Carrie-Anne Moss – Trinity – 1999

Office Space - Ajay Naidu - Samir Nainanajad – 1999

The Italian Job – Seth Green – Lyle – 2003

Foolproof – Kristin Booth – Samantha - 2003

Serenity - David Krumholtz - Mr Universe – 2005

Live Free or Die Hard - Justin Long - Matt Farrel – 2007

Untraceable – Joseph Cross – Owen Riley – 2008

Gamer – Michael C Hall – Ken Castle – 2009

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What is the best movie where one of the hackers is a machine / Artificial Intelligence?

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Tron (1982)

WarGames (1983)

The Terminator/Skynet (1984)

The Matrix (1999)

I Robot (2004)

Eagle Eye (2008)

Other (please specify)

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* 10. What is your favorite movie where hacking is depicted realistically?

Hot Millions – 1968 – Social Engineering

Superman III – 1983 – Salami Slicing

Wargames – 1983 – War Dialing, Backdoor Passwords, Social Engineering

Prime Risk – 1985 – ATM Forgery

Real genius – 1985 – Password Cracking

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – 1986 – Social Engineering

Jumpin’ Jack Flash – 1986 – Password Cracking

Hackers – 1995 – Social Engineering

Matrix – 1999 - nMap

Office Space – 1999 – Salami Slicing

Battle Royale – 2001 - nMap

Catch Me If You Can – 2002 – Social Engineering

Firewall – 2006 – Cisco Routing Access Lists; false positives

Untraceable – 2008 – FastFlux Networks, IP Spoofing

The Social Network – 2010 – PHP Coding

Justice League: Doom – 2012 - nMap

Other (please specify)

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* 11. What is our favorite hacking scene?

Kirk hacks Kahn's federation ship with backdoor - Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn - 1982

David finally discovering backdoor password - Wargames - 1983

“Hack the Gibson" scene from Hackers - 1995

David hacks the invading spaceship - Independence Day - 1996

Trinity using Nmap in Matrix - 1999

Stanley Jobson 60 seconds to hack DoD in Swordfish - 2001

Other (please specify)

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* 12. What is the best use of social engineering to gain access to a network in a hacker movie?

Liz dates engineer to get his voice password - Sneakers - 1992

Crash Overide convinces security guard to handover the internal modem's phone number - Hackers - 1995

Mitnick steals passwords from staff by impersonating corporate HQ - Takedown - 2000

Matt convinces On-Star rep to start car - Live Free or Die Hard - 2007

Other (please specify)

Hacker Movies

Best Hacker Movies in several Categories

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* 1. Do you consider yourself to be ....

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* 2. How old are you?

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* 3. Are you male or female?

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* 4. How many hacker movies do you think you have seen?

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* 5. How old were you when you started considering yourself a hacker (or whatever you categorize yourself as)?

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* 6. What is your favorite gateway hacker movie that got you interested in hacking?

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* 7. What is your favorite movie where a Hacker is the main character?

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* 8. What is your favorite movie where a Hacker is a supporting character?

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* 9. What is the best movie where one of the hackers is a machine / Artificial Intelligence?

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* 10. What is your favorite movie where hacking is depicted realistically?

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* 11. What is our favorite hacking scene?

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* 12. What is the best use of social engineering to gain access to a network in a hacker movie?

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* 13. What is worst hacker movie of all time (the epic fail that got it all wrong)?

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* 14. Bonus question that leads to next debate: What is the best choice of hacker books that should be made into the next hacker movie?

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* 15. Open question: What category have we missed?