Rihanna uses unix “nmap” to hack computer in new movie Ocean's 8 (nmap.org) 19 points by coldseattle 8y ago ↗ HN
[–] sarah180 8y ago ↗ Always nice when movies go beyond the usual "do show source on the movie's website and have it scroll in a translucent overlay." [–] ganeshkrishnan 8y ago ↗ And the source code is usually html
[–] nojvek 8y ago ↗ The hacking was believable in this movie. Hollywood seems to learn and do their homework.Some things were fiction, but one can imagine we’re probably not too far off in the future for such technologies.
[–] ianmcgowan 8y ago ↗ Trinity did it first in The Matrix [–] ganeshkrishnan 8y ago ↗ That's true. Also the exploit she is hacking was a real exploit although it was patched a long time back [–] jjeaff 8y ago ↗ Actually, when she used the exploit, it was around the year 2000 in the matrix. And this exploit was discovered in 2001 in the real world. So it would not have been patched yet as it was a zero day. [–] craftyguy 8y ago ↗ Yea, the link is literally a long list of nmap in movies..
[–] ganeshkrishnan 8y ago ↗ That's true. Also the exploit she is hacking was a real exploit although it was patched a long time back [–] jjeaff 8y ago ↗ Actually, when she used the exploit, it was around the year 2000 in the matrix. And this exploit was discovered in 2001 in the real world. So it would not have been patched yet as it was a zero day.
[–] jjeaff 8y ago ↗ Actually, when she used the exploit, it was around the year 2000 in the matrix. And this exploit was discovered in 2001 in the real world. So it would not have been patched yet as it was a zero day.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 31.2 ms ] threadSome things were fiction, but one can imagine we’re probably not too far off in the future for such technologies.