The Hacker Wars (2014) on Netflix
NR20141h 31mCrimeDocumentary
Three hacktivists fight for information freedom while the US government pursues them as criminals. In the middle are Barrett Brown, Jeremy Hammond and Andrew Auernheimer, known as weev.
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- Netflix3.2/5
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A documentary follows information activists in the United States and the government campaign against them. Andrew Auernheimer, known as weev, embarrasses large corporations and receives a 41-month sentence for hacking AT&T; when that conviction is overturned, he promises to keep doing what sent him to prison. Jeremy Hammond, also called Anarchaos, held the top spot on the FBI's cyber-criminal list. Barrett Brown, a journalist whom the documentary presents as a voice for Anonymous, a label he rejects, faces 105 years for publicizing material that came out of Hammond's hacks. Journalists and a former NSA official argue that those exposing surveillance programs should be supported rather than jailed.
