How movies affect Cyber Conflict- Example " We Steal your Secrets"

Film - Synopsis

This paper will present the Review of film-We Steal secrets, this is an acclaimed winning movie with great appreciation from masses. This movie tells the story of wiki leaks, a website which has created the sensation worldwide for displaying the story of the secret contents of countries, has faced criticism, threat, appreciation and risk worldwide. This movie also tells the story of the founder  of wiki leaks and  the de facto Leader- Mr Julian Assange from Australia and his primary associate – former U.S Army Soldier and Cyber Expert Mr Bradley Manning. It is a high Budget movie directed by Oscar Winning Film Maker Mr Alex Gibney , has wonderfully presented the mysterious website and its leaks. Here in this movie the focus is about the leaks done of the 21^st century Media and its information display.

Production

    We steal secret is an Impressive depiction of sensitive website “The WikiLeaks”, it tells the story of leaks of secret information , videos of various countries. The Wiki Leaks was launched by Iceland based organization – The Sunshine Press and run by Australian activist Julian Assange. This website is famous for leaking the details of government controversies and their Military operations. This movie is again a remarkable Film creation by renowned Film maker Alex Gibney, like his previous presentations this is also a masterpiece. Alex Gibney is an Oscar winning Documentary maker. His movies present the story in very impressive way, he always try to depict the realities disclosed in his for scenic way. This movie also present the group which does not like it and the group which appreciates their braveness, like their effort to bring out the truth in front of general peoples.

     “We steal secrets: The Story of Wiki Leaks “, is not only about the leaks this website has presented , it also tells the story about the  founder of this website Mr Julian Assange, he is a Australian Hacker turned Activist. He founded the Wiki Leaks in 2006 and about his most trusted associate Bradley Manning , a American Army former soldier and computer wizard. This movie tells about the transformation of Assange from hacker to  activist.  Further this movie also talks about Pvt Bradley Manning. One important feature of making this movie was that Julian Assange did not take any part in film production nor did Bradley Manning , only there previous interview records were used to create the script of movie.

Story Brief

     This film tells the story of Founder of Website Wiki Leaks and Activist Alex Gibney and his associate Bradley Manning , this film draws the testimony of more than 20 witnesses in which Julian Assange and his associate Bradley Manning are not included. This film depicts the complex new world of Internet and how it is touching everyone’s life.  It pictures how the Internet Communications , Intelligence and widely  expanding web of Internet conflict or post web war between countries are growing and their serious impacts. It raises many International security issues and several ethical issues. The film highlights the activities in China , it depicts the unmanaged system over there. On other hand it tells the story of 22 year old U.S Army soldier and computer wizard Bradley Manning too.  His life story of the lonely, idealistic, cross dressing Intelligence analyst Army professional.  The film depicts real life like scenes how the information is gathered, how the information was put online through Wiki Leaks and its explosion effects on the concerned nation and worldwide. The cinematography is wonderful, it depicts the complexity and risk faced by Julian Assange while collecting details , The after math situation of the Julian Assange and Bradley Manning after these regular Sensitive information leaks. It displays how the U.S Army detained Bradley Manning after knowing he is part of Wiki leaks. How he made sensitive videos , how he faced the pressure after being detained and how he presented his side to be part of such sensitive website. On other hand film presents the real time scenarios how the whole world media get continuously putting eye on Wiki leaks staff. How they have to face the opposition of even their own country, how they explained that they want the truth should come out , they want to change the perception the general Public has made on several controversies and want the real truth be out . How government tackle this situation. The film also displays the life of another important associate of Julian Assange – Mr Adrian  Lamo an autistic Hacker.  The title of the movie was given by General Michael Hayden who has devoted his ten years as the director of NSA and then CIA. He is well known for his confession that “ we steal other countries secret, we cannot do it long and be successful every time”.  The film also show the press videos of U.S , U.K and other countries . The film in order to provide realistic approach the  clips scenario of news displayed by several prominent news channels have been included in the movie . This movie depicts the leak of secret Iceland banking documents, US Diplomatic documents, Afghanistan war logs and has also showed the notorious video displaying Helicopter attack on unarmed civilians by American Soldiers in Baghdad.  At the end of movie the show Julian  Assange  hiding at the London’s Embassy of Ecuador , displayed sought asylum to avoid pending  sexual assault charges at Sweden and possible criminal prosecution at US .

Audience View

It is  a highly successful movie with remarkable appreciation , this movie like wiki leaks also raised eye brows and had created sensation worldwide. Though a big group of audience loved the movie. A big group liked the concept of movie as it depicts the Julian Assange as a hero fighting to bring the truth out, another group of people say the movie should not display Julian Assange as hero as he has steal the secrets of countries and has created sensation world wide, he does this without considering its consequences , even what impact will it bring on the general public. This type of depiction through websites create Internet conflict a cyber war among countries. Well the group which supports Jullian Assange claims that with the help of this movie the audience get to know real situation , they learned how the consequences of these crimes are severe. Most importantly this movie showcases the power of Internet in modern World, how instantly it puts impact on the life of general public.

How film put Impact on Cyber Policies of countries

We are living in the age of Information and Technology, at present there is no area and   there   is no section which is not touched by IT, it has changed the whole scenario of working of the organizations and countries , but with advancements in the field of technologies there are several issues regarding security and threats to the Information system of the organizations are also developing. One important element of IT the Internet is playing a pivotal role in the deployment of services related to communication and other major areas. Every country has its own cyber system on the basis of their National Policies.

          Here this movie highlights how the  secret information can be easily leaked on Internet and how instantly it reaches the  each corners of the world , it show cases the power of information and communication technology. It displays the effect of such leaks on countries, no country at present is safe they are prone to Internet invasion, the hackers and computer wizards are leaving no stone unturned to get confidential information, hacking websites, controlling websites and much more.

   This movie is fine example of cyber conflict, this movie successfully draws attention of authorities of several countries to be more concerned about   their cyber security and  prepare their Cyber policies more effectively, developing effective cyber policies are required to develop, an extensive research is too required. The defence system should include University research team in their planning and adaption to new technologies are required. They should develop effective training program for their peoples to learn how to use their systems in a secure way. Better strategy should be developed to monitor internal or within Country networking system. Most of the attacks get successful due to internal help, so a strong checking on suspecting activities are required. Each country should make mandatory for private organizations to contribute for Implementing and research of new technologies in this area.  Must be ready to adapt new advance technologies and methods for making strong cyber policies. The countries should be open in their approach as no country can handle such situations alone they need coordination of other countries too. One should learn with the policies of other countries , a global meeting should be there to tackle such situation. Every country should have strict cyber laws and it should be made compulsory for their citizens as well other peoples visiting their country to follow these rules strictly.