Q 01/05

Which hacker film so alarmed Ronald Reagan that he ordered a national security review?

A) Tron

B) Real Genius

C) WarGames

D) Brainstorm

Answer · why

C) WarGames

WarGames led Reagan to quiz members of Congress and the Joint Chiefs of Staff about its plot. The first presidential directive on computer security fo...

Q 02/05

Which pair sold illegal 'blue boxes' for free phone calls before founding a tech company together?

A) Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

B) Bill Gates and Paul Allen

C) Larry Page and Sergey Brin

D) Bill Hewlett and David Packard

Answer · why

A) Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak sold about two hundred of the devices for $150 each. Jobs later said that without the blue boxes there would have been no...

Q 03/05

Hacker Gary McKinnon said he broke into US military and NASA computers looking for proof of what?

A) A faked Moon landing

B) A UFO cover-up

C) A weather weapon

D) A JFK murder plot

Answer · why

B) A UFO cover-up

A UFO cover-up was what he hoped to expose, along with suppressed 'free energy' technology. A US prosecutor called it the biggest military computer ha...

Q 04/05

The Guy Fawkes mask adopted by Anonymous hackers was designed for which graphic novel?

A) Watchmen

B) From Hell

C) The Dark Knight Returns

D) V for Vendetta

Answer · why

D) V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta artist David Lloyd drew the mask for the 1980s comic written by Alan Moore. After the film adaptation, mass-produced copies made it a p...

Q 05/05

Hacker Kevin Poulsen seized every phone line at a Los Angeles radio station to win which prize?

A) A Porsche

B) A Ferrari

C) A Corvette

D) A Mustang

Answer · why

A) A Porsche

A Porsche 944 was his once he had made sure he would be the 102nd caller to KIIS-FM. He was jailed for 51 months and later became a senior editor at W...