Unethical Use Of Technology In The Movie Die Hard

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The issues relating to the discerning use of technology has continually caused the attitude and perceptions to the social and ethical considerations of the use of technology. Stereotypically shown in the movie Die Hard 4.0, the unethical use of technology (Hacking/cracking) and other techniques was frequently used to achieve and set the tone of the movie. Unethically used by the main antagonist of the film “Thomas Gabriel” Used these techniques to create a “fire sale” which is broken down into 3 stages. To take out the transport networks, then utilities such as electricity and the water grid. Finally, to infiltrate secure financial records to gain a monetary boost to the attacker from the so called “fire sale” This example demonstrates how

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