In its investigative documentary, Hackers, the fifth estate explores the inherent tension between the convenience and speed with which people conduct their personal, social and corporate affairs via the internet, and the high price in personal security exacted by the technology . . .
In its investigative documentary, Hackers, the fifth estate explores the inherent tension between the convenience and speed with which people conduct their personal, social and corporate affairs via the internet, and the high price in personal security exacted by the technology they use.

The internet is a global web of interconnected computers which make it possible for people and companies to complete transactions at the speed of light. But it is the very interconnectedness of the web that leaves virtually every machine attached to it vulnerable to unwanted intrusions.

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