Directed and written by Sam Bozzo, the film explores the origins and nature of hackers and hacking by following the adventures of Adrian Lamo, and contrasting his story with that of controversial figures throughout history.
in 2007,[1] the film failed to get a conventional release, according to Lamo, because of conflicts between its producer and others on the team.
[2] It's ironic that a film about overcoming barriers, about new technologies, about thinking differently, had to come to the public eye by being hacked out of the hands of people who, after making a film about the free flow of information, tried to lock away that information forever.
The truth tends to itself.On June 12, 2010, a director's cut version of the film was also leaked onto torrent sites.
[3] This version of the film contains additional footage and is significantly different from the one previously leaked.