Based on the true story of some young hackers in West Germany who got ensnared in a world of organised crime and international espionage during the dying days of the cold war, this is the 1998 movie "23".
Total spoilers ahead for the movie 23, if you haven't seen it.
I had some mixed feelings when I decided to make a video about this movie. It isn't just that the movie is based on real events, but that the movie is based on real events that involved the real person the main character is based on dying, in really tragic circumstances.
At hack.history we look at the real history of hacks, hackers & hacktivism as well as the portrayal of hacking & hackers in popular culture, in particular in movies as well as TV shows.
To bring together these videos we look at news from the time, FOIA documents, first hand accounts & various other primary historical sources.
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Opening music is 'Under Suspicion' by Danya Vodovoz ►► https://shrtco.de/917mAn
To watch Cliff Stoll on PBS NOVA "The Computer, the KGB and me": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGv5BqNL164
The memorial site Karl's friends set up is here: https://seti23.org/karlkoch/karlkochdoc.php
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