While the real experience of hacking might not be accurately represented in movies, hackers certainly do become famous for white and black hat —good and bad— deeds. The following are six of the most famous hackers of all time:

This Episode of CrackerCast looks at this weeks hacker news and describes the different hacker types… black, white, and grey hats.

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After collecting cobwebs in a studio vault for the better part of a decade, an unreleased documentary on the 2003 hacking scene leaked onto the Pirate Bay Thursday.

This Episode of CrackerCast looks at this weeks hacker news and introduces you to the world of social engineering.

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This Episode looks at this weeks hacker news and why it’s important to be part of a hacker mastermind.

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All you hackers out there that can actually hack, I got a question for ya! When you sit down, and are about to start hacking away at whatever, what gets you in and keeps you in the “hacking mode”? You know that place you get into where you have full concentration on the task before you and nothing can get in the way of you and the final outcome. Let me give you a personal example. When I sit back at my butt wrenching computer chair and am about to start kickin’ computer ass, I require a few things… here’s my list:

This Episode looks at this weeks hacker news and discusses why there aren’t many known female hackers.

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Who can ever forget Trinity in The Matrix as she attempts to track Neo’s presence in cyberspace using a laptop running with a UNIX operating system in a dark room? While she attempts to make contact, suddenly the door slams and enters three policemen pointing their guns at her. Unaware and unprepared she rushes to subdue the policemen making a daring escape from the Matrix. Very cool from the shades to the boots! Trinity embodies the perfect female hacker because she is smart, intelligent and very clever on top of being good looking.

This Episode looks at this weeks hacker news and discusses the first hackers and how they changed to what they are today, and what the future holds for hackers.

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In this episode of CrackerCast we look at this weeks hacker news and discuss the question, “Why do hackers hack?”.

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