Hollywood Hacking and Tech Inaccuracy Breakdown

Introduction

• Hollywood often misrepresents technology in movies and TV shows.
• Collaboration with Wendell from Level One Techs to analyze tech scenes.
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TV Show: Bones (Season 7, Episode 6)

• Premise: Computer hacked by scanning bones with a virus.
• Errors:
  • Computers don't catch fire due to overheating.
  • Virus from scanning bones is highly unrealistic.
  • Scans are data, not executable commands.
• Minor Accuracy: Malformed files (like bad PDFs) could theoretically cause issues but highly unlikely.

TV Show: Castle

• Premise: Server breached by a remote access tool (RAT).
• Errors:
  • Incorrect terminology: Should be 'remote access Trojan'.
  • Firewalls don’t work by percentage; vulnerabilities are exploited individually.