Famous Computer Scientists
Known for building the Colossus, this codebreaker helped the Allies gain military intelligence and win World War 2.
Zero Cool and Acid Burn starred in this 1995 film.
what is Hackers
This public key cryptosystem is named after its three founders.
what is RSA (Rivest–Shamir–Adleman)?
This US Navy Rear Admiral worked on developing the COBOL language and built one of the first compilers.
who is Grace Hopper
This film is best known for the quote, "The only winning move is not to play."
what is WarGames?
This is a standard for defining the format of public key certificates.
what is X.509?
This person created the World Wide Web, aka the internet
who is Tim Berners-Lee?
While not a movie, this hacker joined a group called fsociety and encrypted the financial data of E Corp, which destroyed all debt records.
who is Mr. Robot?
This encryption standard was developed by two Belgian cryptographers and is now used worldwide.
what is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?
This mathematician worked as a human computer for the space agency, known for their work on orbital mechanics.
who is Katherine Johnson
This hacker helps out a journalist to uncover the mystery behind a missing person case.
what is The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo?
In 1993, Bruce Schneier designed this block ciper.
what is Blowfish?
This engineer is the principal developer for the Linux kernel, which is the kernel for GNU/Linux operating systems and other operating systems such as Android and Chrome OS.
who is Linus Torvalds?
Daft Punk created the soundtrack for this scifi action sequel.
what is TRON: Legacy?
In 1998, the EFF cracked this symmetric-key algorithm by using brute force to try out every possible combination.
what is DES?