RE: Kevin Mitnick At His Best 03-03-2018, 03:38 AM
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(03-03-2018, 03:16 AM)phyrrus9 Wrote:(03-03-2018, 03:11 AM)mothered Wrote:(03-02-2018, 11:07 PM)phyrrus9 Wrote: If you liked this, you should watch Takedown: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159784/
It's about Mitnick and another guy set in the 90's, true story (mostly)
At a guess, I'd say I've watched Takedown 5 times and (obviously) really enjoyed It.
Skeet Ulrich assumed the role of Kevin Mitnick very well Indeed.
I thought that movie was amazing. Many call it the sequel to the 1995 film "Hackers" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/), and I think it's a fitting title.
On a more on topic note, but still about the film, I think that movie very well embodies the way that Mitnick thinks and how he operated back then. So many stories have accounts of superuser like hackers who navigate their way through a firewall in no seconds flat with some random python script that has some fancy output, but the film showed how great minds like Mitnick actually got down to the root art that is social engineering, and it's absolutely beautiful.
I've also watched Hackers, but didn't enjoy It as much.
Not that I have the time nowadays, but Takedown Is a movie I could watch many times over without getting bored. If I'm not mistaken, I believe Tsutomu Shimomura (himself) made a very brief appearance on Takedown. I also dislike far-fetched movies, they take away the nature/reality of what the movie supposed to portray.
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