Matrix Sequel Has Hacker Cred

Matrix Sequel Has Hacker Cred
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-05-15

The average American moviegoer taking in the Matrix Reloaded this weekend will likely be wowed by the elaborate action sequences and dazzling special effects. But hackers who've seen the blockbuster are crediting it with a more subtle cinematic milestone: it's the first major motion picture to accurately portray a hack.

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Quux <unicorn (at) blackhats (dot) org [email concealed]>

You mentioned:

But then, the film does take place hundreds of years in the future. Is Zelewski surprised to see unpatched SSH servers running in the year AD 2800? "It's not that uncommon for people to run the old distribution," he says. "I know we had a bunch of boxes that were unpatched for two years."

But remember that The Matrix itself is a representation of earth in the late 20th or early 21st century. In that case the representation of the SSH v1 bug is correct! ;-)

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