Insider: Keren Elazari is an internationally recognized security analyst, researcher, author, and speaker who works with leading security firms, government organizations, and Fortune 500 companies. Here, she looks at 12 hacking scenes from popular TV shows and movies and rates them based on realism.
Elazari analyzes “Ocean’s Eight” (2018), “The Social Network” (2010), “Mr. Robot” (2017), “Skyfall” (2012), “Hackers” (1995), “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” (2011), “The Fate of the Furious” (2017), “Jason Bourne” (2016), “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003), “Silicon Valley” (2017), “Star Trek: Discovery” (2019), and “Wargames” (1983).
Elazari was the first Israeli woman to give a TED talk at the official TED Conference. She is the founder of the security-community event BSidesTLV and the Leading Cyber Ladies network for women in cybersecurity. She is also a senior researcher at the Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center at Tel Aviv University.