Are ANY hacking scenes actually good?
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Two cybersecurity professionals review hacking scenes from movies and TV shows — including NCIS, Sneakers, Transformers, The Core, The Matrix, Mr. Robot, and Skyfall — rating each for technical realism. They discuss what's plausible (voice cloning via AI, SSH exploits, nmap, social engineering, steganography in audio files) versus pure Hollywood fiction (two people typing on one keyboard, 'DoD level 9 encryption', polymorphic engine visualizations). Mr. Robot earns the highest marks for accuracy, having used real tools like SET and Metasploit with actual cybersecurity consultants including Dave Kennedy. The NCIS and Skyfall scenes score near zero for realism.