H*Commerce: The Business of Hacking You (2009)

Directed by

Seth Gordon

Country

United States

How it feels

This documentary series shows the conflict between hackers who steal personal data and the security experts who try to stop them. Each short episode explains how criminals use technology to make money illegally. It focuses on real practices and the people on both sides of the fight.

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What happens

H*Commerce: The Business of Hacking You is a six-part online documentary film series directed by Seth Gordon. It centers on the struggle between criminal hackers and security experts. Each segment is between five and eight minutes in length. The first was released on the Internet on May 20, 2009. "H*Commerce" stands for "hacker commerce", specifically "the business of making money through the illegal use of technology to compromise personal and business data," according to McAfee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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