Russian Hackers: The Beginning (2022)

Русские хакеры: Начало

From ordinary scammers to an international brand.

Russian Hackers: the beginning" is the author's documentary mini series of acclaimed Russian journalist Andrei Loshak. The film investigates this worldwide phenomenon of Russian hackers, it's inception in early 90s and it's growth in 2010s. The film goes through the lives of most prominent hackers of the time, following their paths of free crime, punishment and then awareness. It's a cats mice game of hackers and authorities both in Russia and the USA at the era when nobody thought internet crime existed.

Production

Stereotactic