The Mr. Robot Hack Report: Follow the Private Key
Mr. Robot is back, and the C Y B E R is back, too. The show takes a special interest in showing off the details that usually get glossed over, often drawing on real hacks and real cybersecurity problems. So after every episode, I’ll be breaking down who got hacked, how, and with what. It turns out, there’s a lot more to each one than you can see on-screen.
Mr. Robot set a high bar for season finales the first time out, tearing down the fragile carapace of American finance with the weapons of the new electronic order. This year, we got even more, restoring the records destroyed in 5/9 while delivering life-changing twists to nearly every major character, mostly at the same time. Angela’s dad! Elliot’s window! Dom’s increasingly bleak…
