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by Sendotsh 2402 days ago
When life imitates art. Wasn't this literally the plot to the Hackers movie? Complete with the 5 million dollar ransom to an oil company...
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edoceo 2402 days ago
In that movie the villain was also the tech-guru for the security company selling to the energy company.

Only Zero Cool can save us from The Plague! Hack the planet!!!

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james_s_tayler 2402 days ago
Hack The Planet!!!
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jldugger 2402 days ago
> Wasn't this literally the plot to the Hackers movie?

Except it was an inside job.

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Sendotsh 2402 days ago
Who says this isn’t? Maybe someone should hack the Gibson and find out?
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