Most Wished: Teen Hacker is headed to HBO Max. The streaming service has launched a trailer teasing the four-part documentary about Finnish hacker Julius Kivimäki.
HBO Max revealed extra in regards to the sequence in a press launch.
“The four-part Finnish Max Unique documentary sequence MOST WANTED: TEEN HACKER will debut FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 on HBO Max, with new episodes debuting weekly on Fridays all through September throughout Europe, the U.S, Latin America, Australia and South-East Asia.
Directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker Sami Kieksi and co-written with Joni Soila, the sequence follows the unlawful exploits of Finnish hacker Julius Kivimäki (now often called Aleksanteri Kivimäki), who rose to infamy after forcing a U.S. passenger airplane to make an emergency touchdown, shutting down PlayStation globally, and orchestrating a number of harmful SWAT assaults – together with one focusing on the household of an FBI agent.
Produced by Aller Studios for HBO Max, the documentary uncovers for instance how the FBI tracked down the then-15-year-old hacker at a on line casino in Las Vegas. The sequence consists of compelling interviews with FBI brokers, SWAT group members, cybersecurity consultants, Kivimäki’s victims, internationally acknowledged hackers, and Kivimäki himself – at present serving a jail sentence.
Sami Kieksi, director, says: “It is a story that would not be extra topical. The results of cybercrime might be very critical and substantial. I hope that the documentary sequence provokes dialogue about cyber safety and the way significantly it ought to be taken. It has been an honor to have such world-renowned, esteemed data safety consultants and journalists, reminiscent of Allison Nixon, Brian Krebs, Joe Tidy and Mikko Hyppönen on board. Their well-versed insights carry an in-depth, worldwide perspective to the sequence.”
The trailer for the sequence is beneath.