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The Hacker Wars is an angry documentary about angry young men. Brilliant and schlubby, the hackers profiled by director Vivien Lesnik Weisman see themselves as valiant and subversive defenders of digital security and privacy in an age of surveillance, and they just might be. Though their methods are often crude and aggressive, full of bigoted remarks and images of sphincters spread wide, the hackers draw major press attention to the American government's access to and use of individuals' information. Most prominent and charismatic is "weev," or Andrew Auernheimer, a joyfully outlandish hacker who declares, "Embarrassing people — I enjoy it, it's viscerally fun." Auernheimer uncovered a breach in At&T customer security and was sent to prison for revealing that the c...

What is "Trapwire," and why does it matter to U.S. residents? In an exclusive clip from The Hacker Wars, a documentary by Vivien Lesnik Weisman that opens in New York on Friday, October 17, we get a glimpse into the world of "hacktivists" and their dedicated efforts to open up things like Trapwire that the government wants to keep secret. Here is a lengthy description of the film, from its official statement: Get ready to be shuttled between story lines at lightning speed mirroring the disjointed lives of the protagonists and life on the Internet. The Hacker Wars - a film about the targeting of (h)ac(k)tivists and journalists by the Us government. Hacktivists are either terrorists or freedom fighters depending on one's perspective on who should control information.Meet...

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For most of us, going online is little more than opening our browser, checking some email, seeing the latest on our social media outlets and then moving on. But for a select few, clicking a mouse can be an act of protest, and in collaboration with like-minded individuals living thousands of miles and multiple time zones away, these hacktivists can do more with code than with placards on the street. The upcoming documentary "The Hacker Wars" explores the act of hacktivism from all sides. Directed by Vivien Lesnik Weisman and including contributions from journalist Glenn Greenwald, the film tells the stories of infamous hacker "weev," journalist/activist Barrett Brown, Jeremy Hammond, and online FBI informant Sabu, and how information uncovered by hacktivists has shaped recent crucial human events, as well as the media landscape. "The Hacker Wars" opens in theaters on Friday, October 17th. Watch a trailer for the film below.

Get ready to be shuttled between story lines at lightning speed mirroring the disjointed lives of the protagonists and life on the Internet. The Hacker Wars- a film about the targeting of (h)ac(k)tivists and journalists by the Us government. Hacktivists are either terrorists or freedom fighters depending on one’s perspective on who should control information. Meet “weev,” infamous hacker; Barrett Brown, journalist and propagandist for the hacktivist collective, Anonymous; and Jeremy Hammond, aka Anarchaos, number one on the FBI’s cyber-criminal list. The fourth character is Sabu, the uber-hacker turned FBI informant who ran the FBI’s cyber unit for 9 months and is responsible for many arrests. He is the shadowy [ Read More ]

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