In the Realm of the Hackers

In The Realm of the Hackers is a 2003 Australian documentary directed by Kevin Anderson^[1][2] about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbourne, Australia in the late 1980s until early 1990. The storyline is centered on the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "Electron" and "Phoenix",^[3] who were members of an elite computer hacking group called 'The Realm' and hacked into some of the most secure computer networks in the world, including those of the US Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, and NASA. The film runs for 55 minutes and was inspired by the book Underground, by Melbourne-based writer and academic Suelette Dreyfus.^[4]

In The Realm of the Hackers
'A wild ride that takes us headlong into the risky but intoxicating world of the computer underground.' Robert Damian, Sundance
Directed by	Kevin Anderson ACS
Written by	Kevin Anderson ACS
Produced by	Franco di Chiera
Starring	Dan Spielman Nathan Phillips Ernie Gray Suelette Dreyfus
Narrated by	Robert Menzies
Cinematography	Kevin Anderson ACS
Edited by	Uri Mizrahi
Music by	Al Mullins, Janine de Lorenzo
Distributed by	Film Australia
Release date	2003 (2003)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	AU$400,000

See also

• Electron (computer hacker)
• Nahshon Even-Chaim
• Underground: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier
• Hacktivism