Hackateer Premiere

Presented at The Last HOPE (2008), July 19, 2008, 7 p.m. (60 minutes)

Hackateer is an episodic adventure series about a team of hackers who are being chased by quasi-government agencies. The show blends a reality Do It Yourself tech show with a scripted spy/adventure narrative shot in anime style. Embedded within the entertainment of an episode, viewers learn how to take everyday technology and use it in ways they never dreamed of and not always originally intended. The show also features interrogations with top hackers and tech people from around the world that are kidnapped by the Hackateers. Hackateer is also unique in that the show is cast with real underground hackers and the stories are drawn from world famous hackers and their real life exploits.


Presenters:

  • Mark Abene / Phiber Optik as Mark Abene aka Phiber Optik
    Mark Abene, better known by his pseudonym Phiber Optik, is a computer security hacker from New York City. He was once a member of the hacker groups Legion of Doom and Masters of Deception. He was a high-profile hacker in the early 1990s, appearing in The New York Times, Harper's, Esquire, in debates and on television. Mark was an important figure in the 1995 nonfiction book Masters of Deception - The Gang that Ruled Cyberspace. He is now a world renowned computer security expert and technical wizard who currently has several remarkable VoIP projects including a lifelike blue box simulator.
  • John Threat
    John Threat is a former hacker with many pseudonyms, but known mostly as Corrupt. He was a member of both the Masters Of Deception and 8lgm. His high profile exploits both online and off have been chronicled in periodicals from Wired (cover) to The Washington Post to CBS's 60 Minutes. After consulting with detective agencies� overseas offices, John turned to film and works as a writer/director for music videos, commercials, and television. He wrote and directed Hackateer (http://www.hackateer.com) to bring true stories from the underground to life.

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