In 1989, two Melbourne teenage hackers known as Electron and Phoenix stole a restricted computer security list and used it to break into some of the world's most classified and supposedly secure computer systems. So fast and widespread was the attack, no-one could work out how it had happened - until one of the hackers ...
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In the Realm of the Hackers
DEFCON: the biggest Geek Gathering in the World (Happening in Vegas).
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A documentary about the world's largest tech/geek convention and its 20th year running. This is the 2012 edition. It shows the history, the atmosphere and how the attendees behave during the conference. I think this is a great example of emergent innovation.