List of fictional hackers

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This is a list of fictional hackers in comics, films, video games, and other media.

Contents

Hollywood films of the 1980s and 1990s portrayed hackers as technology wunderkinds who became "unintentional criminals." They were depicted as unconventional heroes fighting for justice, even though they were hunted by law enforcement for breaking IT laws. [1]

Comics and sequential art

The Hacker Files

Ghost Rider 2099

Literature

Anonymous by Jhala vs. Jhali

The Blue Nowhere (Jeffery Deaver novel)

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny

Cryptonomicon

Discworld

Drawing Blood

Genius series (Catherine Jinks novels)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / Millennium series

Hex

Holo.Wars: The Black Hats

Jurassic Park

Kidd series (John Sandford novels)

Little Brother (Cory Doctorow novel)

Neuromancer

Oryx and Crake

The Shockwave Rider

Snow Crash

Splinter Cell series

Tori Swyft thriller series (John M. Green novels)

Film

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Antitrust

Assassins

Bait

Blackhat

The Core

Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

Cube 2: Hypercube

Die Hard

Enemy of the State

Furious 7

Ghost in the Machine

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

GoldenEye

Gone in 60 Seconds

Hackers

Independence Day

The Italian Job

Johnny Mnemonic

Jumpin' Jack Flash

The Lawnmower Man

Live Free or Die Hard

The Losers

The Matrix

Mission: Impossible

National Treasure

The Net

Ocean's 8

Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Thirteen

Office Space

Serenity

Sneakers

Superman III

Swordfish

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Trackers (Patrick Carman novel)

Tron

WarGames

Wreck-It Ralph

XXX: State of the Union

Television

24

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Alias

Arrow

Batman Beyond

Battle Programmer Shirase

Birds of Prey

Blake's 7

Bloody Monday

Bones

Breaking In

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Chuck

Code Lyoko

Continuum

Covert Affairs

Cowboy Bebop

Criminal Minds

CSI: Cyber

Dark Angel

Doctor Who

Earth: Final Conflict

Eden of the East

Eureka (American TV series)

The Flash (2014)

General Hospital

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Inspector Gadget

Johnny Chase (T-Mobile commercials)

Kim Possible

Level 9

Leverage

Lone Wolf McQuade

MacGyver

Max Headroom

Mr. Robot

NCIS

Nikita

Person of Interest

The Raccoons

ReBoot

Scandal

seaQuest DSV

Simon & Simon

Serial Experiments Lain

Smallville

Spider-Man: The Animated Series

Team Knight Rider

Torchwood

Undergrads

Veronica Mars

Warehouse 13

Witch Hunter Robin

The X-Files

Z Nation

Video games

Apex Legends

Assassin's Creed: Unity

Command & Conquer: Generals

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

The Longest Journey

Mega Man X

Metal Gear Solid

Metal Slug

Mystic Messenger

Hacker Evolution

Hacknet

Honkai Impact 3rd and Honkai: Star Rail

Overwatch

Persona 5

Saints Row: The Third

Sly Cooper

System Shock

Team Fortress 2

Vampire: The Masquerade

Watch Dogs and Watch Dogs 2

Many more can be added.

Role-playing games

Cyberpunk 2020

Shadowrun

Multi-media franchises

A Certain Magical Index

Cult of the Dead Cow

Ghost in the Shell

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jecan, Vlad (2011). "Hacking Hollywood: discussing hackers' reactions to three popular films". Journal of Media Research. 4 (2): 95–113 via EBSCOHost.