What does hacking actually LOOK like? For example, what interface is the hacker using, what’s their goal, and are they typing in a bunch of passwords like in the movies?

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What does hacking actually LOOK like? For example, what interface is the hacker using, what’s their goal, and are they typing in a bunch of passwords like in the movies?

In: Technology

Answer 1

In the second Matrix movie, Trinity uses a number of real tools(now dated) to break into the power plant, though sped up x1000. I saw it the first time as a company outing for a big tech company, with a theater full of people who recognized what she was doing.

A movie getting it right was such a shock that we cheered out loud at that scene.