I'd never heard of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series, but got a kick out of this one:

http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/female-hackers-video-20100511

Not like, for those of us in the know, it's 'new' news   , but still, always interesting to see what's playing out about 'hackers' in general, in the media.

I just watched the fox la video. typical sensationalist media.

Hayabusa, surprised you didn't know about the girl with the dragon tattoo, we've talked about the book here once or twice.

I like how, I don't remember if it was the voice over or her, it was mentioned having hacking skills made it harder for her to date.

I'd watch it again, but I don't want to submit my brain to that kind of torture 2x in 1 day.

speaking of (bad) hacker video clips:
http://vimeo.com/11328554

@j0rDy

Wow, evil hackers - day time TV soap style! I wonder if there's a course I can take to develop that smug, I'm evvvvilllll - and all powerful look. I'd be set then with the ladies and everyone data!

I can only imagine the back story to that episode was: (Fade to voice over)
 
If only Ron, the evil haxor, discovered that he was actually the son of the half brother, former janitor and hard drinking ex-navy SEAL, to the CEO of the company he's hacking! Will his mother, who's been in a comma for the last six years due to a mysterious fire at the family mansion, wake up and let her confused son know the man who taught him his 3l1t3 skillz is no other than the man who shot his twin brother and caused him to turn to the Dark side...

;-)

I only saw a bit of dumpster diving, social engineering and scrolling through facebook or some social site lol.

Yea hacking is really easy Now I'm wondering when should someone be considered a hacker? I mean anyone can get the answer to a secret question...right?