Horizon: Defeating the Hackers

Horizon: Defeating the Hackers

Horizon: Defeating the Hackers

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Horizon: Defeating the Hackers

2013

1h 0m

6.3(3 votes)

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Overview

Exploring the murky and fast-paced world of the hackers out to steal money and identities and wreak havoc with people's online lives, and the scientists who are joining forces to help defeat them.

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Eric Chien

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Rupert Penry-Jones

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Rupert Penry-Jones

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Liam O'Murchu

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Barnaby Jack

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