Was "War Games" based on real-life?

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Wed Sep 25 12:56:01 2002

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Cini, Richard wrote:
> Hello, all:
> While flipping through PC Magazine this morning, I noticed the
> following quote on page 26 of the 10/15/02 issue:
> "You might expect highly technical security advice from Kevin
> Mitnick, whose alleged 1982 hack into NORAD inspired the movie War Games."
> This is the first time I've seen this reference. Is this true?

"inspired the movie" is NOT the same as saying that it was based on real
events, merely that some event gave somebody the idea.

"somebody broke into our computer"
"Gee, what if they were to break into the computer that controls the
missiles?"

(aka paranoia)


When somebody breaks into a computer owned by the military, paranoid
people don't differentiate between the multitudinous different machines
that the military has (which do not all have the same level of security).
Do the launch computers have dial-up modems? Do they have websites?

Missile control computers and ones used for requisitioning toilet paper
are both "military computers".

Never mind the missiles,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF TERRISTS DISRUPTED THE TOILET PAPER SUPPLY??!?
Received on Wed Sep 25 2002 - 12:56:01 BST