8 Movies that Crack the Hacker Code
(TheStreet) -- Hollywood loves hackers.
Gone are the Cold War days where men in trench coats puffed cigarettes in the shadows, whispering code words and palming off microfilm. Writers and directors these days have seized upon the ongoing Internet revolution/evolution to use hackers as both a storyline catalyst and escape hatch for when a convoluted plot needs to be rescued with hasty exposition or resolution.
Over time, Hollywood may be relying less on the stereotypical image presented of hackers as basement-dwelling nerds, maniacal geniuses or prodigy-level teens.
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