The Hacker Wars

2014

Action / Crime / Documentary

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 92% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 92% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 2002 2K

woman director

Plot summary

h)ac(k)tivist-noun: a person who uses technology to bring about social change. The Hacker Wars - a film about the targeting of (h)ac(k)tivists, activists and journalists by the US government. There is a war going on- the war for our minds. The Hacker Wars.

Director

Vivien Lesnik Weisman Photo
Vivien Lesnik Weisman

Top cast

Gary Johnson Photo
Gary Johnson as Gats00
Jenna Kerouac Photo
Jenna Kerouac as Herself
G. Johnstone Photo
G. Johnstone as Gatso0
Jay Leiderman Photo
Jay Leiderman as Himself
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764.42 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 5
1.45 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 31 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by fuc-01552 5 / 10

Fail

Does Hacker Wars want to add to the debate over hacktivism's role in checking state and corporate power? Or does it just want to be a love letter to its characters? Either way, when the closing credits roll atop the bro-step beats, the audience will likely be left wondering about the hacktivists who don't appear in films and are even now trying to dig up corporate secrets while trying to avoid being caught. Hacker Wars has nothing to say about them.
Reviewed by ThomasJeff 1 / 10

Conspiracy theorists posing as folk heroes fighting Nazi Empire

It's ridiculous how grandiose and narcissistic these neckbeards in this documentary are. They by their own admission are committing crimes, stealing emails, giving protected emails to the public, and committing espionage, and then they are getting upset when the government arrests them.The documentary focuses mostly on Weev, an internet troll, who even blames the Jews all the time just to be controversial and obnoxious, who was arrested because he hacked AT&T by "just doing arithmetic" which revealed some email addresses. The problem is that he thinks he was arrested for free speech or arithmetic. When in fact, he was arrested because he hacked a list of emails and gave it to the public, trying to expose and embarrass AT&T and government in essence VIOLATING THE PRIVACY of individuals working for government. It's hilarious how hypocritically they defend privacy rights while violating privacy rights of others using hacks.None of these hackers contacted the company to say "hey you have a security flaw here, let me help you." They all hacked, embarrassed, and publicly showed off their hacks to others. It's criminal.Ironically, they say things like "this government is oppressing me and all I do is speak out using 1st amendment." When in fact, they are literally encouraging people to commit crimes against the US. They are labeled the enemy of the state, because they literally admit to being the enemy of the state. They are literally attacking and hacking the United States... And then pretending like they are only doing free speech and being persecuted unfairly.PRO-TIP: IF YOU ARE ATTACKING A COUNTRY, ITS GOVERNMENT, ITS CORPORATIONS, YOU ARE THE ENEMY OF THAT COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROSECUTE YOU.
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