Blackhat

Blackhat

Progress now moves faster than we can sometimes imagine. And the event revealed in this film only confirms that sometimes the rapid development of the capabilities of a modern person can strike in a way that no one expects. And Nicholas Hathaway, an experienced hacker with experience, gets a chance to prevent not just a disaster, but a whole chain of terrible events. After the crimes committed, he sits in prison, but when there is someone capable of causing damage to cities almost anywhere on the globe, the authorities have to turn to his help. There's just nowhere to run away from the enemy. Read more The original title of the film "Black Hats" contains an interesting mini-history of the emergence of this concept. In particular, these are the kind of bad guys from classic westerns, which has become popular in the Internet technology environment. In addition, "black hat" hackers are always characterized by the fact that they commit crimes most often precisely for their own benefit. The original title of the film was "Cyber". For Michael Mann, "Hacker" was the first film shot entirely on digital cameras, although it is worth noting that before that he sometimes turned to them, but only to shoot part of the material. Otherwise, he often worked with 35 mm film. Filming of "Hacker" started in mid-May 2013. Following the plot, the work team worked in Los Angeles, Jakarta, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and more. While working in Hong Kong, Mann made a donation to the Ark Community. This happened after he was allowed to use the lobby of one of the local banks as a filming location. The donation amounts to $38,500. During the work on "Hacker" real cybercriminals were involved, who helped with consultations.