Editing List of fictional hackers

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This is a list of fictional hackers in comics, films, video games, and other media.

Hollywood films of the 1980s and 1990s typically portrayed [[hacker]]s as "unintentional criminals" who end up becoming heroes, even as they were hunted by law enforcement.<ref name=":0" />

==Comics and sequential art==

===[[List of Batman comics|''Batman''-related comics]]===
* [[Anarky|Lonnie Machin]] (Moneyspider): an anarchist vigilante, featured in ''[[Anarky (comic book)|Anarky]]'' and [[List of Batman comics|various Batman-related comics]], published by [[DC Comics]]
* [[Tim Drake]] ([[Robin (character)|Robin]]): the third Robin of the [[List of Batman supporting characters|Batman Family]], published by [[DC Comics]]
* [[Barbara Gordon]] (Oracle): a major character in various Batman-related comics and ''[[Birds of Prey (comic book)|Birds of Prey]]''
* [[Calculator (comics)|Noah Kuttler]] (The Calculator): brilliant hacker villain in DC Comics
* Wendy Harris (Proxy)

===''[[The Hacker Files]]''===
* Jack Marshall (Hacker) – protagonist of ''The Hacker Files'' series
* Barbara Gordon (Oracle)
* Master Blaster
* Cowboy
* Sue Denim
* Phreaky Phreddy
* Spider

===''[[Ghost Rider 2099]]''===
* Artificial Kidz:
** Kenshiro "Zero" Cochrane (Ghost Rider)
** Warewolf
** Phrack
** 2600
* Jimmy Alhazared (Doctor Neon)

==Literature==

===''Anonymous'' by Jhala vs. Jhali===
* Jhala (Strength)
* Jhali (Weekness)
* ''Anonymous''

===''The Blue Nowhere'' ([[Jeffery Deaver]] novel)===
* Wyatt Gillette (Valleyman)
* Phate (Jon Patrick Holloway)

===''[[The Chronicles of Amber]]'' by [[Roger Zelazny]]===
* [[Merlin of Amber]] aka Merle Corey, the protagonist of the second series
* Rinaldo aka Lucas "Luke" Reynard, his best friend

===''[[Cryptonomicon]]''===
* Randy Waterhouse

===''[[Discworld]]''===
* The Smoking GNU (Mad Al, Sane Alex and Undecided Adrian) – (clacks hackers)
* [[Ponder Stibbons]] (clacks hacker, through [[Hex (Discworld)|Hex]])

===''[[Drawing Blood]]''===
* [[Zach Bosch]]

===''Genius'' series ([[Catherine Jinks]] novels)===
* Cadel English

===''[[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]''/''[[Millennium series|Millennium]]'' series===
* [[Lisbeth Salander]] ''(Wasp)'' – protagonist
* Other hackers appearing occasionally, known by nickname only:
** Plague (Swedish)
** Trinity (British)
** Bob the Dog (British)
** Bilbo (American in Texas)

===''[[Hex (1998 novel)|Hex]]''===
* Raven – ''[[Hex (1998 novel)|Hex]]'', ''[[Hex: Shadows]]'', ''[[Hex: Ghosts]]''

===''Holo.Wars: The Black Hats''===
* Steve Cylander
* F8th
* Hauk
* Dark0

===''[[Jurassic Park (novel)|Jurassic Park]]''===
* [[Lex Murphy]]
* [[Dennis Nedry]]

===''Kidd'' series ([[John Sandford (novelist)|John Sandford]] novels)===
* Kidd
* Bobby

===''[[Little Brother (Cory Doctorow novel)|Little Brother]]'' ([[Cory Doctorow]] novel)===
* W1n5t0n
* M1K3Y

===''[[Neuromancer]]''===
* [[Henry Dorsett Case]]

===''[[Oryx and Crake]]''===
* Crake

===''[[The Shockwave Rider]]''===
* Nick Haflinger

===''[[Snow Crash]]''===
* Da5id Meier
* Hiro Protagonist
* In the context of the plot, [[Enki]] is considered to be "the original hacker", capable of modifying the behavior of society
* Jaunita gains some of the skills attributed to Enki

===''[[Splinter Cell]]'' series===
* Anna Grimsdóttír (Grim)
* Marcus Greenhorn

===''Tori Swyft'' thriller series ([[John M. Green]] novels)===
* FIGJAM Thatcher in ''The Trusted'' and ''The Tao Deception''
* Red Scorpion in ''The Tao Deception''

==Film==

===''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]''===
* Woodstock

===''[[Antitrust (movie)|Antitrust]]''===
* [[Milo Hoffman]]

===''[[Assassins (1995 film)|Assassins]]''===
* Elektra

===''[[Bait (2000 film)|Bait]]''===
* Bristol

===''[[Blackhat (2015 film)|Blackhat]]''===
* Nicholas Hathaway
* Sadak

===''[[The Core]]''===
* [[Taz Finch]] ("Ratt")

===''[[Cowboy Bebop: The Movie]]''===
* Lee Sampson

===''[[Cube 2: Hypercube]]''===
* Alex Trusk

===''[[Die Hard]]''===
* Theo

===''[[Enemy of the State (film)|Enemy of the State]]''===
* [[Edward Lyle (Brill)]]

===''[[Furious 7]]''===
* [[Nathalie Emmanuel|Ramsey]]

===''[[Ghost in the Machine (film)|Ghost in the Machine]]''===
* [[Karl Hochman]]

===''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''===
* [[Laughing Man (Ghost in the Shell)|The Laughing Man]]

===''[[GoldenEye]]''===
* Boris Grishenko

===''[[Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film)|Gone in 60 Seconds]]''===
* Toby

===''[[Hackers (movie)|Hackers]]''===
* Kate Libby ("Acid Burn")<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Jecan |first=Vlad |date=2011 |title=Hacking Hollywood: discussing hackers' reactions to three popular films |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=62035696&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |journal=Journal of Media Research |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=95–113 |via=EBSCOHost}}</ref>
* Ramόn Sánchez ("Phantom Phreak")
* Paul Cook ("Lord Nikon")
* Eugene Belford ("The Plague")
* Dade Murphy ("Zero Cool" a.k.a. "Crash Override")<ref name=":0" />
* Joey Pardella
* Emmanuel Goldstein ("Cereal Killer")

===''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]''===
* David Levinson (Alien OS hacker)

===''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]''===
* Lyle ("The Real Napster")

===''[[Johnny Mnemonic (film)|Johnny Mnemonic]]''===
* Jones (The Dolphin)
* Strike

===''[[Jumpin' Jack Flash (film)|Jumpin' Jack Flash]]''===
* Jack
* Terry Doolittle

===''[[The Lawnmower Man (film)|The Lawnmower Man]]''===
* Jobe Smith

===''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]''===
* Matthew Farrell
* Thomas Gabriel
* Freddie ("Warlock")

===''[[The Losers (2010 film)|The Losers]]''===
* Jake Jensen

===''[[The Matrix]]''===
* [[List of minor characters in the Matrix series#Apoc|Apoc]]
* [[List of minor characters in the Matrix series#Cypher.2FMr. Reagan|Cypher]] (Mr. Reagan)
* [[List of minor characters in the Matrix series#Dozer|Dozer]]
* [[List of minor characters in the Matrix series#Ghost|Ghost]]
* [[Morpheus (The Matrix)|Morpheus]]
* [[List of minor characters in the Matrix series#Mouse|Mouse]]
* [[Neo (The Matrix)|Neo]] (Thomas A. Anderson)
* [[List of minor characters in the Matrix series#Switch|Switch]]
* [[List of minor characters in the Matrix series#Tank|Tank]]
* [[Trinity (The Matrix)|Trinity]]

===''[[Mission: Impossible (film)|Mission: Impossible]]''===
* [[Luther Stickell]]

===''[[National Treasure (film)|National Treasure]]''===
* Riley Poole

===''[[The Net (1995 film)|The Net]]''===
* [[Angela Bennett]] ("Angel")
* Jack Devlin

===''[[Ocean's 8]]''===
* Nine Ball

===''[[Ocean's Eleven]]''===
* Livingston Dell

===''[[Ocean's Thirteen]]''===
* Virgil Malloy

===''[[Office Space]]''===
* [[Michael Bolton]]
* Samir Nagheenanajad
* Peter Gibbons

===''[[Serenity (2005 film)|Serenity]]''===
* [[List of characters in the Firefly universe#Mr. Universe|Mr. Universe]]

===''[[Sneakers (1992 film)|Sneakers]]''===
* Martin Bishop
* Erwin Emery (Whistler)
* Darryl Roskow (Mother)

===''[[Superman III]]''===
* [[Gus Gorman]]

===''[[Swordfish (movie)|Swordfish]]''===
* [[Stanley Jobson]]
* Axel Torvalds

===''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''===
* [[John Connor]]

===''Trackers'' ([[Patrick Carman]] novel)===
* Shantorian

===''[[Tron]]''===
* [[List of Tron characters#Kevin Flynn|Kevin Flynn]]

===''[[WarGames]]''===
* David Lightman

===''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''===
* King Candy (Turbo)

===''[[XXX: State of the Union]]''===
* Agent Toby Lee Shavers

==Television==

===''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''===
* [[Chloe O'Brian]]

===''[[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]''===
* [[Daisy Johnson (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Daisy "Skye" Johnson]]

===''[[Alias (TV Series)|Alias]]''===
* [[Marshall Flinkman]]
* [[Rachel Gibson (Alias)|Rachel Gibson]]

===''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]''===
* [[Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse)|Felicity Smoak]]

===''[[Batman Beyond]]''===
* [[Batman (Terry McGinnis)#Max Gibson|Maxine Gibson]]

===''[[Battle Programmer Shirase]]''===
* Akira Shirase

===''[[Birds of Prey (TV series)|Birds of Prey]]''===
* [[Birds of Prey (TV series)#Characters|Barbara Gordon/Oracle]]

===''[[Blake's 7]]''===
* [[Kerr Avon]]

===''Bloody Monday''===
* Takagi Fujimaru (Falcon)

===''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''===
* [[List of Bones characters#Christopher Pelant|Christopher Pelant]]
* [[Angela Montenegro]]

===''[[Breaking In (TV series)|Breaking In]]''===
* [[Bret Harrison]]

===''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''===
* [[Willow Rosenberg]]

===''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]''===
* [[Chuck Bartowski]]
* [[Stephen J. Bartowski]]

===''[[Code Lyoko]]''===
* [[Jeremie Belpois]]
* [[Aelita Schaeffer]]

===''[[Continuum (TV series)|Continuum]]''===
* [[Alec Sadler]]

===''[[Covert Affairs]]''===
* [[Auggie Anderson]]

===''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''===
* Ed ([[Radical Edward]]) – short for Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV

===''[[Criminal Minds]]''===
* [[Penelope Garcia]] – Hacker handle: The Black Queen

===''[[CSI: Cyber]]''===
* [[Brody Nelson]]
* [[Raven Ramirez]]
* Daniel Krumitz ("Krummy")

===''[[Dark Angel (2000 TV series)|Dark Angel]]''===
* [[Logan Cale]] (Eyes Only)

===''[[Doctor Who]]''===
* [[The Doctor (Doctor Who)|The Doctor]] 
* [[Adam Mitchell (Doctor Who)|Adam Mitchell]]
* [[Clara Oswald]] / Oswin Oswald
* [[Mickey Smith]]
* Bob Salmon – ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Past Doctor Adventures]]  novel ''[[Blue Box (Doctor Who)|Blue Box]]'' by [[Kate Orman]]
* Sarah Swan ("Fionnula") – ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Past Doctor Adventures]]  novel ''[[Blue Box (Doctor Who)|Blue Box]]'' by [[Kate Orman]]

===''[[Earth: Final Conflict]]''===
* [[Earth: Final Conflict#Cast|Marcus "Augur" Deveraux]]

===''[[Eden of the East]]''===
* Yutaka ("Pantsu") Itazu
* Juiz

===''[[Eureka (2006 TV series)|Eureka (American TV series)]]''===
* [[Zane Donovan]]

===''[[The Flash (2014 TV series)|The Flash]]'' (2014)===
* [[Cisco Ramon (Arrowverse)|Cisco Ramon]]

===''[[General Hospital]]''===
* [[List of General Hospital characters#J|Stan Johnson]]
* [[Damian Spinelli]]

===''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''===
* [[Laughing Man (Ghost in the Shell)|Aoi]] (Laughing Man)

===''[[Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)|Inspector Gadget]]''===
* Penny

===''Johnny Chase'' ([[T-Mobile]] commercials)===
* Johnny Chase

===''[[Kim Possible]]''===
* Wade

===''[[Level 9 (TV series)|Level 9]]''===
* Roland Travis
* Margaret "Sosh" Perkins
* Jargon

===''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage]]''===
* Alec Hardison
* Colin Mason ('Chaos')

===''[[Lone Wolf McQuade]]''===
* Kayo Ramos

===''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]''===
* Kate – (Episode: "Ugly Duckling")

===''[[Max Headroom (TV series)|Max Headroom]]''===
* [[Theora Jones]]
* [[Max Headroom (TV series)#Bryce Lynch|Bryce Lynch]]

===''[[Mr. Robot]]''===
* Elliot Alderson: Sam Sepiol
* Darlene Alderson: Dolores Haze
* Shama Biswas: Trenton
* Sunil Markesh: Mobley
* Leslie Romero
* Cisco

===''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''===
* [[Abby Sciuto]]
* [[Timothy McGee]]

===''[[Nikita (TV series)|Nikita]]''===
* [[List of Nikita characters#Seymour Birkoff|Seymour Birkoff]]

===''[[Person of Interest (TV series)|Person of Interest]]''===
* [[List of Person of Interest characters#Root|Samantha Groves (Root)]]

===''[[The Raccoons]]''===
* Bentley Raccoon

===''[[ReBoot]]''===
* Mouse

===''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]''===
* [[Charlie (Scandal)|Charlie]]
* [[Huck (Scandal)|Huck]]
* [[Jake Ballard (Scandal)|Jake Ballard]]
* [[Quinn Perkins]]

===''[[seaQuest DSV]]''===
* [[Lucas Wolenczak]] ("Frankenstein")
* Mark ("Wolfman")
* Martin Clemens ("Mycroft")

===''[[Simon & Simon]]''===
* Terry McDaniels (S1:E3 Trapdoors)

===''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]''===
* Lain Iwakura

===''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]''===
* [[Chloe Sullivan]]

===''[[Spider-Man (1994 TV series)|Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]''===
* [[Hobgoblin (comics)|Hobgoblin]]

===''[[Team Knight Rider]]''===
* Kevin ("Trek") Sanders

===''[[Torchwood]]''===
* [[Esther Drummond]]
* [[Ianto Jones]]
* [[Jack Harkness]]
* [[Toshiko Sato]]

===''[[Undergrads]]''===
* Justin Taylor ("Gimpy")

===''[[Veronica Mars]]''===
* [[Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie]]

===''[[Warehouse 13]]''===
* [[Claudia Donovan]]

===''[[Witch Hunter Robin]]''===
* Michael Lee

===''[[The X-Files]]''===
* [[Kill Switch (The X-Files)|Invisigoth]] ("Ester Nairn")
* [[The Lone Gunmen]] (also featured in ''[[The Lone Gunmen (TV series)|The Lone Gunmen]]'')
** [[John Fitzgerald Byers]]
** [[Melvin Frohike]]
** [[Richard Langly]]

===''[[Z Nation]]''===
* [[Citizen Z]]
* [[Kaya in da Skya]]

==Video games==
===''[[Apex Legends]]''===
* Crypto

===''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''===
* Bishop

===''[[Command & Conquer: Generals]]''===
* Black Lotus

===''[[Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc]]''===
* [[Chihiro Fujisaki]]

===''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]''===
* Frank Pritchard

===''[[The Longest Journey]]''===
* [[The Longest Journey#Characters|Burns Flipper]]

===''[[Mega Man X (video game)|Mega Man X]]''===
* Middy

===''[[Metal Gear Solid (1998 video game)|Metal Gear Solid]]''===
* [[Dr. Hal Emmerich]] ("[[List of recurring Metal Gear characters#Otacon|Otacon]]")

===''[[Metal Slug (series)|Metal Slug]]''===
* [[Marco Rossi (Metal Slug)|Marco Rossi]]

===''[[Mystic Messenger]]''===
* 707
* Vanderwood
* Unknown/Saeran/Ray

===''[[Hacker Evolution]]''===
* Brian Spencer

===''[[Hacknet]]''===
* Bitwise (Bit)
* Kaguya (From the DLC Labyrinths)
* Coel (From the DLC Labyrinths)
* D3F4ULT (From the DLC Labyrinths)
* CSEC (Hacking Group inside game.)
* The Kaguya Trials (DLC Hacker Group in the game)
* Striker (Rival on the DLC Labyrinths)
* Naix (Main Game Rival) 

===''[[Honkai Impact 3rd]] and [[Honkai: Star Rail]]''===
* Bronya Zaychik

===''[[Overwatch (video game)|Overwatch]]''===
* [[Sombra (Overwatch)|Sombra]]

===''[[Persona 5]]''===
* [[Futaba Sakura]]

===''[[Saints Row: The Third]]''===
* Kinzie Kensington

===''[[Sly Cooper]]''===
* [[Bentley (Sly Cooper character)|Bentley]]

===''[[System Shock]]''===
* The Hacker
* Dexter Witer

===''[[Team Fortress 2]]''===
* Spy

===''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]''===
* Mitnick – ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines]]'', based on real-life hacker [[Kevin Mitnick]]
* [[Dev/Null]] – ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption]]''

===''[[Watch Dogs (video game)|Watch Dogs]]'' and ''[[Watch Dogs 2]]''===
* [[Aiden Pearce]] (The Vigilante/The Fox)
* JB Markowicz (Defalt)
* Raymond Kenney (T-Bone)
* Damien Brenks
* Clara Lille (BadBoy17)
* Johnacious Mailkmon
* Delford Wade (Iraq)
* [[Marcus Holloway]] (Retr0)
* Josh Sauchak (Hawt Sauce)
* Reginald (Wr3nch)
* Horatio Carlin
* Lenora Kastner
* Prime_Eight - Antagonist hacker group within the second game
* DedSec – Hacker group within the game

Many more can be added.

==Role-playing games==
===''[[Cyberpunk 2020]]''===
* Altiera 'Alt' Cunningham
* Rache Bartmoss
* Spider Murphy

===''[[Shadowrun]]''===
* [[Fastjack]]
* Netcat

==Multi-media franchises==

===''[[A Certain Magical Index]]''===
* Kazari Uiharu, aka The Goalkeeper

===''[[Cult of the Dead Cow]]''===
* [[Demonseed Elite]] – [[Cult of the Dead Cow]]'s [[ezine]] (and many others) / ''[[Mage: The Ascension]]''

===''[[Ghost in the Shell]]''===
* [[Project 2501]], aka The Puppet Master

==References==
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