6 lessons ‘Ghost in the Shell’ can teach you about cyber security
The original Ghost in the Shell (GitS) movie was practically compulsory material in the hacker subculture of the late 90s, early 2000s. The original touched on themes that all geeks can appreciate, including robotics, sentient AI, human augmentation, active (“thermal-optic”) camouflage, transferring human consciousness to a machine, and more. The main protagonist was a hacker called the Puppet Master, and the idea of hacking technically augmented humans was ahead its time (the Internet of Things wasn’t even a “thing” then).
1. Old hacks still work and provide false flags
2. Car Hacking has gone from Sci-fi to reality
3. A basic firewall is not enough
4. Smart cities and building automation have privacy repercussions
5. AIs make the best hackers
6. Secure IoT before connecting our brains to computers!
