Hackers in Pop Culture: Fact vs. Fiction in Movies and TV (What Hollywood Gets Wrong—and Right)
You’ve seen it a dozen times: neon code rains down the screen, someone types at light speed, alarms blare, and—bam—the hacker “breaks in.” It’s thrilling. It’s cinematic. And it’s often very wrong. But here’s the twist: the real story of hacking is not boring. It’s more subtle, more human, and in many ways more dramatic…