Hacker

Hacker (theatrically released as Anonymous) is a 2016 crime thriller, directed by Akan Satayev, about a group of young hackers who got involved with an online crime group and black market dealers across Toronto, Hong Kong, New York, and Bangkok. The cast consisted of Callan McAuliffe, Lorraine Nicholson, Daniel Eric Gold, and Clifton Collins Jr. The story was loosely based on real events. The screenplay was written by Timur Zhaxylykov and Sanzhar Sultan, who also produced in association with Brillstein Entertainment Partners. The film had a limited release in the US (under the title Anonymous), on December 2, 2016. Following that, Sony Pictures released the film on home entertainment. Plot As a family of immigrants who moved to Canada, the Danyliuk's subsequently struggle for money and have to live on welfare. Alex grew up with no friends and spent his time online, playing games. He later started making money as a "Clicker" by generating online traffic to earn revenue for websites. He eventually leaves home to live in Toronto to attend college. To make extra money to support himself, Alex turns to a life of crime and identity theft, with the help of Sye, a street-wise hustler who introduces him to the world of black market trading. They start with lost and stolen credit cards and fake transactions. Alex gets caught trying to defraud the International Bank of Canada, the bank that fired his mom, and persuades Curtis, the bank's Head of Security, by making a deal of fixing their unsecure site and computers for free, in exchange of letting him and Sye go.