Reverse Engineering, hacking documentary series

Presented at DEF CON 26 (2018), Aug. 10, 2018, 5 p.m. (45 minutes).

We will present a sample scene and panel talk on our documentary series Reverse Engineering to the hacking community, which has been in the works for 4 years. We have dozens of interviews spanning the first 3 decades of computer hacking, ultimately there will be hundreds. It's a big story, but for the purposes of DEF CON, we've put together a 17 min. Scene covering the 80s WarGames/Legion of Doom-era of computer hacking in the US. We've spoken to great people, but there are other viewpoints-this is a history that needs to be told by 1st person accounts. The accuracy and strength of our completed series is tantamount to the quality of who we interview and the questions that get asked. Accuracy is particularly important, there's been no shortage of media hype and lies regarding hacking since the 1980s. Our vision for this film series is inclusive and collaborative. We'd like to hear from attendees how to best tell the origin story of hacking to new generations, and more so the outside world who've been fed a lot of myths by the media. Those are the lawmakers and citizens of tomorrow that we need to reach. Little attention has been paid to the pioneering hacker spirit that has literally changed every aspect of life. We want to address and correct that.

Presenters:

• Michael Lee Nirenberg - Director, Restraining Order, Ltd
  Michael Lee Nirenberg-documentary director (Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story), writer, blogger, commercial artist for movies and TV
• Dave Buchwald - Producer
  Dave Buchwald-former hacker in the mid-80s ("Bill from RNOC"), film editor (Love Simple, Urchin), film consultant (Hackers) and 2600 Magazine cover artist

Links:

• https://defcon.org/html/defcon-26/dc-26-speakers.html#Nirenberg
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 26/DEF CON 26 video and slides/DEF CON 26 - Nirenberg and Buchwald - Reverse Engineering hacking documentary series.mp4
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 26/DEF CON 26 video and slides/DEF CON 26 - Nirenberg and Buchwald - Reverse Engineering hacking documentary series.srt (subtitles)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FzGGKnzO20

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