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 hackers as "unintentional criminals" who end up becoming heroes, even as they were hunted by law enforcement.<ref name=":0" />

Comics and sequential artEdit

Batman-related comicsEdit

The Hacker FilesEdit

  • Jack Marshall (Hacker) – protagonist of The Hacker Files series
  • Barbara Gordon (Oracle)
  • Master Blaster
  • Cowboy
  • Sue Denim
  • Phreaky Phreddy
  • Spider

Ghost Rider 2099Edit

  • Artificial Kidz:
    • Kenshiro "Zero" Cochrane (Ghost Rider)
    • Warewolf
    • Phrack
    • 2600
  • Jimmy Alhazared (Doctor Neon)

LiteratureEdit

Anonymous by Jhala vs. JhaliEdit

  • Jhala (Strength)
  • Jhali (Weekness)
  • Anonymous

The Blue Nowhere (Jeffery Deaver novel)Edit

  • Wyatt Gillette (Valleyman)
  • Phate (Jon Patrick Holloway)

The Chronicles of Amber by Roger ZelaznyEdit

  • Merlin of Amber aka Merle Corey, the protagonist of the second series
  • Rinaldo aka Lucas "Luke" Reynard, his best friend

CryptonomiconEdit

  • Randy Waterhouse

DiscworldEdit

  • The Smoking GNU (Mad Al, Sane Alex and Undecided Adrian) – (clacks hackers)
  • Ponder Stibbons (clacks hacker, through Hex)

Drawing BloodEdit

Genius series (Catherine Jinks novels)Edit

  • Cadel English

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/Millennium seriesEdit

  • Lisbeth Salander (Wasp) – protagonist
  • Other hackers appearing occasionally, known by nickname only:
    • Plague (Swedish)
    • Trinity (British)
    • Bob the Dog (British)
    • Bilbo (American in Texas)

HexEdit

Holo.Wars: The Black HatsEdit

  • Steve Cylander
  • F8th
  • Hauk
  • Dark0

Jurassic ParkEdit

Kidd series (John Sandford novels)Edit

  • Kidd
  • Bobby

Little Brother (Cory Doctorow novel)Edit

  • W1n5t0n
  • M1K3Y

NeuromancerEdit

Oryx and CrakeEdit

  • Crake

The Shockwave RiderEdit

  • Nick Haflinger

Snow CrashEdit

  • 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 seriesEdit

  • Anna Grimsdóttír (Grim)
  • Marcus Greenhorn

Tori Swyft thriller series (John M. Green novels)Edit

  • FIGJAM Thatcher in The Trusted and The Tao Deception
  • Red Scorpion in The Tao Deception

FilmEdit

Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveEdit

  • Woodstock

AntitrustEdit

AssassinsEdit

  • Elektra

BaitEdit

  • Bristol

BlackhatEdit

  • Nicholas Hathaway
  • Sadak

The CoreEdit

Cowboy Bebop: The MovieEdit

  • Lee Sampson

Cube 2: HypercubeEdit

  • Alex Trusk

Die HardEdit

  • Theo

Enemy of the StateEdit

Furious 7Edit

Ghost in the MachineEdit

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexEdit

GoldenEyeEdit

  • Boris Grishenko

Gone in 60 SecondsEdit

  • Toby

HackersEdit

  • Kate Libby ("Acid Burn")<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</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 DayEdit

  • David Levinson (Alien OS hacker)

The Italian JobEdit

  • Lyle ("The Real Napster")

Johnny MnemonicEdit

  • Jones (The Dolphin)
  • Strike

Jumpin' Jack FlashEdit

  • Jack
  • Terry Doolittle

The Lawnmower ManEdit

  • Jobe Smith

Live Free or Die HardEdit

  • Matthew Farrell
  • Thomas Gabriel
  • Freddie ("Warlock")

The LosersEdit

  • Jake Jensen

The MatrixEdit

Mission: ImpossibleEdit

National TreasureEdit

  • Riley Poole

The NetEdit

Ocean's 8Edit

  • Nine Ball

Ocean's ElevenEdit

  • Livingston Dell

Ocean's ThirteenEdit

  • Virgil Malloy

Office SpaceEdit

SerenityEdit

SneakersEdit

  • Martin Bishop
  • Erwin Emery (Whistler)
  • Darryl Roskow (Mother)

Superman IIIEdit

SwordfishEdit

Terminator 2: Judgment DayEdit

Trackers (Patrick Carman novel)Edit

  • Shantorian

TronEdit

WarGamesEdit

  • David Lightman

Wreck-It RalphEdit

  • King Candy (Turbo)

XXX: State of the UnionEdit

  • Agent Toby Lee Shavers

TelevisionEdit

24Edit

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Edit

AliasEdit

ArrowEdit

Batman BeyondEdit

Battle Programmer ShiraseEdit

  • Akira Shirase

Birds of PreyEdit

Blake's 7Edit

Bloody MondayEdit

  • Takagi Fujimaru (Falcon)

BonesEdit

Breaking InEdit

Buffy the Vampire SlayerEdit

ChuckEdit

Code LyokoEdit

ContinuumEdit

Covert AffairsEdit

Cowboy BebopEdit

Criminal MindsEdit

CSI: CyberEdit

Dark AngelEdit

Doctor WhoEdit

Earth: Final ConflictEdit

Eden of the EastEdit

  • Yutaka ("Pantsu") Itazu
  • Juiz

Eureka (American TV series)Edit

The Flash (2014)Edit

General HospitalEdit

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone ComplexEdit

  • Aoi (Laughing Man)

Inspector GadgetEdit

  • Penny

Johnny Chase (T-Mobile commercials)Edit

  • Johnny Chase

Kim PossibleEdit

  • Wade

Level 9Edit

  • Roland Travis
  • Margaret "Sosh" Perkins
  • Jargon

LeverageEdit

  • Alec Hardison
  • Colin Mason ('Chaos')

Lone Wolf McQuadeEdit

  • Kayo Ramos

MacGyverEdit

  • Kate – (Episode: "Ugly Duckling")

Max HeadroomEdit

Mr. RobotEdit

  • Elliot Alderson: Sam Sepiol
  • Darlene Alderson: Dolores Haze
  • Shama Biswas: Trenton
  • Sunil Markesh: Mobley
  • Leslie Romero
  • Cisco

NCISEdit

NikitaEdit

Person of InterestEdit

The RaccoonsEdit

  • Bentley Raccoon

ReBootEdit

  • Mouse

ScandalEdit

seaQuest DSVEdit

  • Lucas Wolenczak ("Frankenstein")
  • Mark ("Wolfman")
  • Martin Clemens ("Mycroft")

Simon & SimonEdit

  • Terry McDaniels (S1:E3 Trapdoors)

Serial Experiments LainEdit

  • Lain Iwakura

SmallvilleEdit

Spider-Man: The Animated SeriesEdit

Team Knight RiderEdit

  • Kevin ("Trek") Sanders

TorchwoodEdit

UndergradsEdit

  • Justin Taylor ("Gimpy")

Veronica MarsEdit

Warehouse 13Edit

Witch Hunter RobinEdit

  • Michael Lee

The X-FilesEdit

Z NationEdit

Video gamesEdit

Apex LegendsEdit

  • Crypto

Assassin's Creed: UnityEdit

  • Bishop

Command & Conquer: GeneralsEdit

  • Black Lotus

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy HavocEdit

Deus Ex: Human RevolutionEdit

  • Frank Pritchard

The Longest JourneyEdit

Mega Man XEdit

  • Middy

Metal Gear SolidEdit

Metal SlugEdit

Mystic MessengerEdit

  • 707
  • Vanderwood
  • Unknown/Saeran/Ray

Hacker EvolutionEdit

  • Brian Spencer

HacknetEdit

  • 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 RailEdit

  • Bronya Zaychik

OverwatchEdit

Persona 5Edit

Saints Row: The ThirdEdit

  • Kinzie Kensington

Sly CooperEdit

System ShockEdit

  • The Hacker
  • Dexter Witer

Team Fortress 2Edit

  • Spy

Vampire: The MasqueradeEdit

Watch Dogs and Watch Dogs 2Edit

  • 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 gamesEdit

Cyberpunk 2020Edit

  • Altiera 'Alt' Cunningham
  • Rache Bartmoss
  • Spider Murphy

ShadowrunEdit

Multi-media franchisesEdit

A Certain Magical IndexEdit

  • Kazari Uiharu, aka The Goalkeeper

Cult of the Dead CowEdit

Ghost in the ShellEdit

ReferencesEdit

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