Random Most Ridiculous Movie Hacking Scenes (14 items)

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  (#7) Transformers

  • Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, Odette Annable, Hugo Weaving, Jon Voight, Josh Duhamel, Rachael Taylor, Bernie Mac, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Colton Haynes, Mike Fisher, Anthony Anderson, Tom Lenk, Zack Ward, Peter Cullen, Jess Harnell, Kevin Dunn, Charlie Adler, Amaury Nolasco, Travis Van Winkle, Darius McCrary, Robert Foxworth, Chris Ellis, Julie White, Bob Stephenson, Glenn Morshower, J. P. Manoux, William Morgan Sheppard, Peter Jacobson, Rizwan Manji, Reno Wilson, Omar Benson Miller, Nicole Randall Johnson, Madison Mason, Rick Gomez, Tom Everett, Mark Ryan, Josh Feinman, Colin Fickes, Andy Milder, Aaron Michael Lacey, Michael O'Neill, Arne Starr, Steven Ford, Andrew Caldwell, Brian Stepanek, Esther Scott, John Robinson, James C. Burns, Michael Shamus Wiles, Wiley M. Pickett, Sean Smith, C. J. Thomason, Michael J. Fisher, Johnny Sanchez, Ravi Patel, Cade Courtley, James D. Weston II, Colleen Porch, Craig Barnett, James Blackburn, Carlos Moreno Jr., Michelle Pierce, Jamison Yang, Jason White, Paul Michael Bloodgood, Samantha Smith, Pete Gardner, Jamie McBride, Scott Peat, Chip Hormess, Luis Echagarruga, Matt Cannon, Sean Hampton, Tavia Schwartz, Mark Bedell, Geoffrey M. Reeves, Seth Miller, Kevin Carvell, Shawn Lecrone, Brian Prescott, Ronnie Sperling, Kyle Saylors, Mike Allen, Michael Trisler, Joel Lambert, Patrick Mulderrig, Brian Reece, Laurel Garner, Frederic Doss, Jimmie Wood, Jeremy Jojola, Matt Noble, Brian Shehan, Stuart G Murphy, Andy Domingues, Michael Adams, Mary Decaro, Jessica Kartalija, Ron Henry, Charlie Bodin, James R. Petix, Ashkan Kashanchi, Maja Kljun, Sophie Bobal, Ray Toth, Michael McNabb, Ron Mitchell, Andrew Altonji, Mason Rock Bay, Adam Ratajczak

  What's Gettin' Hacked? Frenzy the Decepticon boards Air Force One and uses its robotic transformation powers to hack into the military's encrypted, top-secret database system.

  How Long Does It Take? 1 minute, 28 seconds before the military terminates the alien's connection, but it's able to download quite a few files after it breaks in.

  What's Its Hacking Style? There's nothing realistic about tracking "hacking sounds," which a sound specialist at the Pentagon does when Frenzy gains entry. The visual display on the computer screen Frenzy is using, questionably located in the storage room of the president's personal airplane, is flashy and image-based rather than a long string of code. The red progress bar, denoting a race against the clock, adds drama to this big-budget action flick.
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  (#14) WarGames

  • Matthew Broderick, William H. Macy, Ally Sheedy, Michael Madsen, Dabney Coleman, Maury Chaykin, John Spencer, Barry Corbin, John Wood, James Tolkan, Art LaFleur, Jason Bernard, Michael Ensign, Eddie Deezen, Alan Blumenfeld, Dennis Lipscomb, Drew Snyder, Kent Williams, Stephen Lee, Frances E. Nealy, Michael Adams, Tom Lawrence, Stack Pierce, William Bogert, Billy Ray Sharkey, Juanin Clay, Joe Dorsey, Jesse D. Goins, Irving Metzman, John Garber, Lucinda Crosby, Charles Akins, David Clover, Paul V. Picerni Jr., Brad David, Erik Stern, James Ackerman, Frankie Hill, Gary Bisig, Edward Jahnke, Susan Davis, Glenn Standifer, Duncan Wilmore, Howie Allen, Martha Shaw, Gary Sexton, Jim Harriott

  What's Gettin' Hacked? The grading records at David Lightman's Seattle high school.

  How Long Does It Take? 53 seconds.

  What's His Hacking Style? This young hacker, played by a charming Matthew Broderick, tries to impress his crush by dialing into the school's computer system in order to alter their grades. While the scene is filled with '80s phone and computer sounds, it isn't over the top or unrealistic in its portrayal of a teenaged home hacker using his personal rig to mess around with vulnerable operating systems and databases.

  WarGames is hailed as one of the few films to get hacking in its early days right, and its release in 1983 caused the US government to assess its own technological weaknesses.
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  (#13) The Matrix Reloaded

  • Monica Bellucci, Keanu Reeves, Jada Pinkett Smith, Hugo Weaving, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Roy Jones Jr., Gina Torres, Harry Lennix, Cornel West, Collin Chou, Leigh Whannell, Harold Perrineau, Anthony Zerbe, Lambert Wilson, Nona Gaye, Daniel Bernhardt, Essie Davis, Anthony Brandon Wong, Robert Mammone, Gloria Foster, Tory Mussett, Christine Anu, Steve Bastoni, Nathaniel Lees, Bernard White, Clayton Watson, Robyn Nevin, Socratis Otto, Nash Edgerton, Scott McLean, Genevieve O'Reilly, Helmut Bakaitis, Randall Duk Kim, Rupert Reid, David Franklin, David Roberts, Ian Bliss, Rene Naufahu, David No, Malcolm Kennard, Christopher Kirby, Andy Arness, Josephine Byrnes, Michael Budd, John Walton, Matt McColm, Nick Scoggin, Don Battee, Neil Rayment, Adrian Rayment, Terrell Dixon, David Kilde, Steve Morris, Tahei Simpson, Peter Lamb, Ray Anthony, Tony Lynch, Valerie Berry, Kevin Scott, Frankie Stevens, Alima Ashton-Sheibu, Nicandro Thomas, Stoney Burke, Steve Vella, Noris Campos, Joshua Mbakwe, Chris Mitchell, Attila Davidhazy, Austin Galuppo, Liliana Bogatko, Shane C. Rodrigo, Daryl Heath, Marlene Cummins, Paul Cotter, Kelly Butler, Montaño Rain, Andrew Valli

  What's Gettin' Hacked? In this sequel to The Matrix, Trinity hacks the power grid that controls the underground facility responsible for maintaining The Matrix. Neo must infiltrate the core of the facility in order to confront the Architect, creator of the artificial world.

  How Long Does It Take? 18 seconds.

  What's Her Hacking Style? Made in 2003, Trinity's scene involves use of a real hacking program, Nmap. This freeware tool basically scans computer systems for vulnerabilities before it strikes. There are no flashy graphics or silly sounds to accompany the hacking here: only straightforward code. Many real-life hackers rejoiced over the film's accuracy, even if it's a little on the fast side, although the British Computer Society warned users NOT to try this at home, because it's unlawful.
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  (#1) Swordfish

  • Halle Berry, John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Don Cheadle, Vinnie Jones, Sam Shepard, Drea de Matteo, Tim DeKay, Tate Donovan, Natalia Sokolova, William Mapother, Zach Grenier, Camryn Grimes, Timothy Omundson, Rudolf Martin, Carmen Argenziano, Angelo Pagan, Gary Rodriguez, Ilia Volok, Margaret Travolta, Nick Loren, Kirk B. R. Woller, Scott Burkholder, Jonathan Fraser, George Marshall Ruge, Jeff Ramsey, Marina Black, Anika Poitier, Leo Lee, Denney Pierce, Dean Duval, Tait Ruppert, Dana Hee, Joey Box, Craig Braun, Kevin F. Sherry, Alex Morissen, Russ Cootey, Chic Daniel, Cory Parella, Mark Riccardi, Shawn Woods, Mark Soper, Laura Lane, Andrew Lakey, Astrid Veillon, Sam Travolta, Tim Storms, Ryan Wulff, Craig Lally, Corinne Chooey, Kerry Kletter, Mark Donnell, Debbie Evans, Sierra Farber, Travis Rosario, Ann Travolta, Jonathan Pessin, Mimi Fletcher, Debbie Entin, Rusty McClennon, Brenda Eimers, Tom Morris, George A. Chase, Jason Christopher, Richard Householder, Michael Arias

  What's Gettin' Hacked? The world's best hacker, Stanley Jobson, has one minute to infiltrate the Department of Defense's secure server while being... distracted.

  How Long Does It Take? 1 minute, 7 seconds.

  What's His Hacking Style? Stanley is forced to hack into the Department of Defense's server with a trigger to his head and a woman unzipping his pants in a slightly nonconsensual manner. While bad guy Gabriel, played by John Travolta with blond highlights and a soul patch, and his cronies watch, Stanley sloppily and nonsensically smashes his fingers against the keyboard of the strangely shaped laptop he's been given while strings of numbers and letters scroll across the screen.

  While the data sequence may look technical, professional hackers who've analyzed the scene say it's a massive mess.
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  (#12) Jurassic Park

  • Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Wayne Knight, B. D. Wong, Ariana Richards, Richard Kiley, Miguel Sandoval, Bob Peck, Joseph Mazzello, Martin Ferrero, Whit Hertford, Gary Rodriguez, Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc, Jophery C. Brown, Cameron Thor, Gerald R. Molen, Dean Cundey, Christopher John Fields, Greg Burson, Brian Smrz, Laura Burnett, Brad M. Bucklin, Tom Mishler, Adrian Escober

  What's Gettin' Hacked? Lex, with the moral support of her brother Tim, is trying to hack into Jurassic Park's security system in order to save Alan and Ellie from a team of velociraptors. 

  How Long Does It Take? 57 seconds.

  What's Her Hacking Style? The 3D visualizations on the computer Lex digs into in order to reengage the system are laughable by today's standards. The UNIX system computer, though, really existed, and there is a 3D filing system called a fsn. The fsn never really caught on, but its interface is similar to what viewers see here. While the jury is out on whether or not this scene depicts a true hack, it is probably the most realistic of Jurassic Park's computer sequences, and the one that inspired legions of young girls to become computer programmers.
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  (#10) Firewall

  • Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Alan Arkin, Virginia Madsen, Robert Patrick, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carly Schroeder, Robert Forster, Jimmy Bennett, Ty Olsson, David Lewis, Eric Keenleyside, Brenda Crichlow, Ona Grauer, Kett Turton, Vince Vieluf, Zahf Paroo, Ken Tremblett, Beverley Breuer, Matthew Currie Holmes, Andrew McNee, Jennifer Kitchen, Kevin Mundy, Vincent Gale, Candus Churchill, Elizabeth Thai, Levi Woods, Finn Michael, Richard Hendery, Pat Jenkinson, Lovena Fox, Joe Richards, Susan Skemp, David Wills, Gail Ann Lewis, Joani Bye, Sue Leonard, Marcus Mosely, Catherine St. Germain

  What's Gettin' Hacked? In order to store images of 10,000 bank account numbers, bank security specialist Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) uses his daughter's mp3 player as a storage device. This is a case of hardware hacking.

  How Long Does It Take? 50 seconds to rig the iPod.

  What's His Hacking Style? Firewall, a 2006 film that Ford may or may not even remember making at this point, centers around a group of high-end crooks targeting Jack for a large-scale scheme. Jack uses an iPod to transfer the bank account numbers demanded by his adversaries, explaining, incorrectly, "10,000 songs, 10,000 account numbers. It doesn't know the difference." This fast-and-loose logic does neatly sum up the half-baked tone of this scene.

  From there, Jack and the man in charge of the plan, Bill, exchange jargon about "OCR programs" and various types of data while one of Bill's henchmen makes sure the iPod is ready for the file dump.

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