Random Most Ridiculous Movie Hacking Scenes (14 items)

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  (#7) Transformers

  • Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, Odette Annable, Hugo Weaving, Jon Voight, Josh Duhamel, Rachael Taylor, Bernie Mac, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Colton Haynes, Mike Fisher, Anthony Anderson, Tom Lenk, Zack Ward, Peter Cullen, Jess Harnell, Kevin Dunn, Charlie Adler, Amaury Nolasco, Travis Van Winkle, Darius McCrary, Robert Foxworth, Chris Ellis, Julie White, Bob Stephenson, Glenn Morshower, J. P. Manoux, William Morgan Sheppard, Peter Jacobson, Rizwan Manji, Reno Wilson, Omar Benson Miller, Nicole Randall Johnson, Madison Mason, Rick Gomez, Tom Everett, Mark Ryan, Josh Feinman, Colin Fickes, Andy Milder, Aaron Michael Lacey, Michael O'Neill, Arne Starr, Steven Ford, Andrew Caldwell, Brian Stepanek, Esther Scott, John Robinson, James C. Burns, Michael Shamus Wiles, Wiley M. Pickett, Sean Smith, C. J. Thomason, Michael J. Fisher, Johnny Sanchez, Ravi Patel, Cade Courtley, James D. Weston II, Colleen Porch, Craig Barnett, James Blackburn, Carlos Moreno Jr., Michelle Pierce, Jamison Yang, Jason White, Paul Michael Bloodgood, Samantha Smith, Pete Gardner, Jamie McBride, Scott Peat, Chip Hormess, Luis Echagarruga, Matt Cannon, Sean Hampton, Tavia Schwartz, Mark Bedell, Geoffrey M. Reeves, Seth Miller, Kevin Carvell, Shawn Lecrone, Brian Prescott, Ronnie Sperling, Kyle Saylors, Mike Allen, Michael Trisler, Joel Lambert, Patrick Mulderrig, Brian Reece, Laurel Garner, Frederic Doss, Jimmie Wood, Jeremy Jojola, Matt Noble, Brian Shehan, Stuart G Murphy, Andy Domingues, Michael Adams, Mary Decaro, Jessica Kartalija, Ron Henry, Charlie Bodin, James R. Petix, Ashkan Kashanchi, Maja Kljun, Sophie Bobal, Ray Toth, Michael McNabb, Ron Mitchell, Andrew Altonji, Mason Rock Bay, Adam Ratajczak

  What's Gettin' Hacked? Frenzy the Decepticon boards Air Force One and uses its robotic transformation powers to hack into the military's encrypted, top-secret database system.

  How Long Does It Take? 1 minute, 28 seconds before the military terminates the alien's connection, but it's able to download quite a few files after it breaks in.

  What's Its Hacking Style? There's nothing realistic about tracking "hacking sounds," which a sound specialist at the Pentagon does when Frenzy gains entry. The visual display on the computer screen Frenzy is using, questionably located in the storage room of the president's personal airplane, is flashy and image-based rather than a long string of code. The red progress bar, denoting a race against the clock, adds drama to this big-budget action flick.
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  (#5) Weird Science

  • Robert Downey Jr., Kelly LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Anthony Michael Hall, Kym Malin, Michael Berryman, John Kapelos, Wallace Langham, Steve James, Judie Aronson, Vernon Wells, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Robert Minkoff, Robert Rusler, Ivor Barry, Chino 'Fats' Williams, Phillip Borsos, Renee Props, Pamela Gordon, Suzanne Snyder, Rick Le Fevour, Britt Leach, Kevin Thompson, Joe Gieb, Prince Hughes, Jennifer Balgobin, Rock A. Walker, Fred D. Scott, Johnny Timko, Jill Whitlow, Mary Steelsmith, Darren Harris, Anne Bernadette Coyle, Mikul Robins, Todd Hoffman, D'Mitch Davis, Vince Townsend Jr., Suzy J. Kellems, Barbara Lang, John Simone, Theodocia Goodrich, Jeff Jensen, Alison Carole Lowe, Robin Frohman, Doug MacHugh, Michael Cramer

  What's Gettin' Hacked? High school nerds Gary and Wyatt siphon power from a large government computer system in order to give Wyatt's wimpy PC a boost.

  How Long Does It Take? 41 seconds.

  What's Their Hacking Style? These characters in a John Hughes rom-com have hatched a plan to design and bring to life their own dream woman. By connecting a doll to electrodes and creating a power surge, their woman, Lisa, is born. First, they contend with the administrator of the local government computer system after inserting an unmarked '80s floppy disk into Wyatt's computer and dialing into the system. Navigating an absurd series of colorful 3D portals, Wyatt gains access to the system, funneling its power into his weird science project.

  It's true that hacking into bigger computer systems to exploit their strengths is common practice, but the visual elements depicted here are unreal and silly. On top of the somewhat questionable physics of creating a live human-looking woman out of a toy doll through "computerousness."
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  (#13) The Matrix Reloaded

  • Monica Bellucci, Keanu Reeves, Jada Pinkett Smith, Hugo Weaving, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Roy Jones Jr., Gina Torres, Harry Lennix, Cornel West, Collin Chou, Leigh Whannell, Harold Perrineau, Anthony Zerbe, Lambert Wilson, Nona Gaye, Daniel Bernhardt, Essie Davis, Anthony Brandon Wong, Robert Mammone, Gloria Foster, Tory Mussett, Christine Anu, Steve Bastoni, Nathaniel Lees, Bernard White, Clayton Watson, Robyn Nevin, Socratis Otto, Nash Edgerton, Scott McLean, Genevieve O'Reilly, Helmut Bakaitis, Randall Duk Kim, Rupert Reid, David Franklin, David Roberts, Ian Bliss, Rene Naufahu, David No, Malcolm Kennard, Christopher Kirby, Andy Arness, Josephine Byrnes, Michael Budd, John Walton, Matt McColm, Nick Scoggin, Don Battee, Neil Rayment, Adrian Rayment, Terrell Dixon, David Kilde, Steve Morris, Tahei Simpson, Peter Lamb, Ray Anthony, Tony Lynch, Valerie Berry, Kevin Scott, Frankie Stevens, Alima Ashton-Sheibu, Nicandro Thomas, Stoney Burke, Steve Vella, Noris Campos, Joshua Mbakwe, Chris Mitchell, Attila Davidhazy, Austin Galuppo, Liliana Bogatko, Shane C. Rodrigo, Daryl Heath, Marlene Cummins, Paul Cotter, Kelly Butler, Montaño Rain, Andrew Valli

  What's Gettin' Hacked? In this sequel to The Matrix, Trinity hacks the power grid that controls the underground facility responsible for maintaining The Matrix. Neo must infiltrate the core of the facility in order to confront the Architect, creator of the artificial world.

  How Long Does It Take? 18 seconds.

  What's Her Hacking Style? Made in 2003, Trinity's scene involves use of a real hacking program, Nmap. This freeware tool basically scans computer systems for vulnerabilities before it strikes. There are no flashy graphics or silly sounds to accompany the hacking here: only straightforward code. Many real-life hackers rejoiced over the film's accuracy, even if it's a little on the fast side, although the British Computer Society warned users NOT to try this at home, because it's unlawful.
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  (#8) Hackers

  • Angelina Jolie, Felicity Huffman, Jonny Lee Miller, Penn Jillette, Marc Anthony, Matthew Lillard, Lorraine Bracco, Alberta Watson, Jesse Bradford, Wendell Pierce, Fisher Stevens, Renoly Santiago, David A. Stewart, Michael Gaston, Ravil Isyanov, Sam Douglas, Ricco Ross, Jeff Harding, Liam Ferguson, John H. Tobin, Olegar Fedoro, Naoko Mori, Laurence Mason, Tony Sibbald, Michael Potts, Liza Walker, John Bair, Paul Klementowicz, Ralph Winter, Eric Loren, Jennifer Badger, Kal Weber, Walter Lewis, Richard Ziman, Don Hewitt, Mick O'Rourke, Ethan Zane Browne, Kimbra Standish, Peter Y. Kim, Mike Cicchetti, William DeMeo, Max Ligosh, Johnny Myers, Christo Morse, Bob Sessions, Kevin Brewerton, Gary Howard Klar, Nancy Ticotin, Rawleigh Moreland, Raquel Mondin, Jeb Handwerger, Denise George, Darren Lee, C.J. Byrnes, Annemarie Lawless, Blake Willett, Terry Porter, Melissa Barkan, Steven Angiolini, Felix Santiago, Bill Maul, Richard Purro, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Mitchell Nguyen-McCormick, Joseph Lloyd, Thomas Hill, Roberta Gotti, Jennifer Rice, Enzo Junior, Douglas W. Iles, Kristin Moreu, Christopher Waller

  What's Gettin' Hacked? Dade "Zero Cool/Crash Override" Murphy decides to hack into his local television station's automated scheduling system as an 18th birthday present to himself. His objective: Change the regularly scheduled prejudiced talk show to an episode of The Twilight Zone.

  How Long Does It Take? 2 minutes, 12 seconds.

  What's His Hacking Style? Dade resorts to social engineering to get what he wants, calling in to the TV station as "Eddie Vedder from Financing" to get the number off a modem. With the ever-critical modem number in his possession, he gains control of a robotic arm that physically shuffles the tapes around to his liking. While hacking TV stations was a real thing, it was more likely to be accomplished in the '90s through strong FM transmissions rather than remote computer hacking. Dade also crosses paths with a rival, Acid Burn, who also has access to the TV station's scheduling system.

  Even though run-ins with other hackers are commonplace in these scenarios, the two engage in a very unrealistic code clash with the robotic arm while exchanging cheeky instant messages transmitted in large, flashy fonts lacking dialogue boxes.
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  (#14) WarGames

  • Matthew Broderick, William H. Macy, Ally Sheedy, Michael Madsen, Dabney Coleman, Maury Chaykin, John Spencer, Barry Corbin, John Wood, James Tolkan, Art LaFleur, Jason Bernard, Michael Ensign, Eddie Deezen, Alan Blumenfeld, Dennis Lipscomb, Drew Snyder, Kent Williams, Stephen Lee, Frances E. Nealy, Michael Adams, Tom Lawrence, Stack Pierce, William Bogert, Billy Ray Sharkey, Juanin Clay, Joe Dorsey, Jesse D. Goins, Irving Metzman, John Garber, Lucinda Crosby, Charles Akins, David Clover, Paul V. Picerni Jr., Brad David, Erik Stern, James Ackerman, Frankie Hill, Gary Bisig, Edward Jahnke, Susan Davis, Glenn Standifer, Duncan Wilmore, Howie Allen, Martha Shaw, Gary Sexton, Jim Harriott

  What's Gettin' Hacked? The grading records at David Lightman's Seattle high school.

  How Long Does It Take? 53 seconds.

  What's His Hacking Style? This young hacker, played by a charming Matthew Broderick, tries to impress his crush by dialing into the school's computer system in order to alter their grades. While the scene is filled with '80s phone and computer sounds, it isn't over the top or unrealistic in its portrayal of a teenaged home hacker using his personal rig to mess around with vulnerable operating systems and databases.

  WarGames is hailed as one of the few films to get hacking in its early days right, and its release in 1983 caused the US government to assess its own technological weaknesses.
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  (#6) The Net

  • Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Tony Perez, Ken Howard, Diane Baker, L. Scott Caldwell, Daniel Schorr, Ray McKinnon, Robert Gossett, Adam Winkler, Thomas Crawford, Christopher Darga, Charles Winkler, Wren T. Brown, Gene Kirkwood, John Livingston, Cam Brainard, Danny Breen, Dennis Richmond, Dennis Miller, Julia Vera, Lucy Butler, Margo Winkler, Vaughn Armstrong, Israel Juarbe, Wanda-Lee Evans, Nicole Vigil, Gerald Berns, Brian Frankish, Andrew Amador, Bob Dini, David Winkler, Wendy Gazelle, John Cappon, Rick Snyder, Gabrielle Wagner, Kerry Kilbride, Lewis Dix Jr., Elaine Corral Kendall, Tannis Benedict, Melvin Thompson, Julia Pearlstein, Roland Gomez, Juan García, Bradford Hill, Hope M. Parrish, Kristina Krofft, Lynn Blades, Alfredo López, Rich Bracco, Barbara Abedi, Kevin Brown, Melissa Bomes, Philip Vitola, Lili Flanders

  What's Gettin' Hacked? Computer programmer and systems analyst Angela Bennett puts her skills to use, helping a remote client with a pesky virus.

  How Long Does It Take? 54 seconds.

  What's Her Hacking Style? It's '90s all the way. Using floppy disks and multi-window executables, Angela swipes and types as she destroys a strange virus that does something no virus actually does: melts the images on the screen. More of a debugger than a hacker, Angela celebrates her victory by ordering a pizza on the internet. While the pseudo-hacking here is questionable, The Net gets some cred for predicting online customizable pizza delivery.

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