In the Realm of the Hackers

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2003 Australian film

In The Realm of the Hackers

'A wild ride that takes us headlong into the risky but intoxicating world of the computer underground.' Robert Damian, Sundance

Directed by| Kevin Anderson ACS
Written by| Kevin Anderson ACS
Produced by| Franco di Chiera
Starring| Dan Spielman
Nathan Phillips
Ernie Gray
Suelette Dreyfus
Narrated by| Robert Menzies
Cinematography| Kevin Anderson ACS
Edited by| Uri Mizrahi
Music by| Al Mullins, Janine de Lorenzo
Distributed by| Film Australia

Release date

* 2003 (2003)

Running time

| 55 minutes
Country| Australia
Language| English
Budget| AU$400,000

In The Realm of the Hackers is a 2003 Australian documentary directed by Kevin Anderson[1][2] about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbourne, Australia in the late 1980s until early 1990. The storyline is centered on the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "Electron" and "Phoenix",[3] 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. The film runs for 55 minutes and was inspired by the book Underground, by Melbourne-based writer and academic Suelette Dreyfus.[4]

## See also

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* Electron (computer hacker)
* Nahshon Even-Chaim
* Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier
* Hacktivism

## References

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1. ^ "On the trail of hackers anonymous". The Age, 22 May 2003
2. ^ "In The Realm Of The Hackers". Variety, 24 June 2002, David Stratton
3. ^ William Webb (10 October 2013). You've Been Hacked: 15 Hackers You Hope Your Computer Never Meets. Absolute Crime. p. 9\. GGKEY:KR2XN27LHQQ.[permanent dead link]
4. ^ Nathan Cochrane (20 May 2003). "Breaking into The Realm". The Age.

## External links

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* Broadcast write-up
* Australian Film Commission information
* In the Realm of the Hackers at IMDb

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