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9 Things Hollywood Gets Wrong About Hacking

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HackerNoon
Published
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Episode Link
https://share.transistor.fm/s/7f508c9e

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/9-things-hollywood-gets-wrong-about-hacking.

Movie hacking ≠ reality: Real cyberattacks rely on phishing, not fast code. Moonlock, MacPaw’s cybersecurity division, reveals how films get it wrong.

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Moonlock, MacPaw's cybersecurity division, decided to examine how Hollywood movies portray hacking and phishing and how that compares to real attacks.

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