Hack In The Box與MAKNA慈善電影

Hack In The Box and MAKNA to Organise Charity Movie Screening of Freedom Downtime and Urchin

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, (25 June 2007) – Hack in the Box (M) Sdn Bhd (HITB), the organiser of Asia’s largest network security conference HITBSecConf, together with Malaysian National Cancer Council (MAKNA), will be organising a charity screening of two movies at the upcoming Hack in The Box Security Conference 2007 (HITBSecConf2007) in September.

This is the first time that the two movies, Freedom Downtime and Urchin, are being brought to Asia Pacific with Malaysia being the first country to screen it. The charity screenings will be held over two days from 3-4 September at KL Hilton. There will be four screening sessions on 3 September and an additional three screening sessions on 4 September. Ticket prices start at minimum RM20 and all proceeds from both movies will be donated to MAKNA.

Freedom Downtime is directed and produced by Emmanuel Goldstein. Meanwhile, Urchin stars both Emmanuel Goldstein and Mark Abene. Both Goldstein and Abene, who will be present during the screenings in Kuala Lumpur, are well-known figures in the underground hacker scene. They will also be speaking at the HiTBSecConf 2007 event which will run from 3-6 September.

“We are honoured to collaborate with MAKNA again this year for the charity screening and we hope to raise awareness in the country on understanding and treating cancer”, said Dhillon Andrew Kannabhiran, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of HITB.

“Having Emmanuel Goldstein and Mark Abene in Kuala Lumpur is certainly a boost for us, and we hope all Malaysians will come out in full force and join us to support this charity initiative,” added Kannabhiran.

Through this charity screening, both HITB and MAKNA hope to educate the public about cancer – a deadly disease that threatens human lives worldwide and is the no. 1 cause of death in Malaysia.

“Cancer and security do have one thing in common – knowledge of both issues is something that we need to instil among the society because like hacking you will not know when it will strike and it is important that we are well prepared for it,” said Vemanna Appannah, Manager at MAKNA. “MAKNA’s relationship with HITB began in 2006, and we are glad that HITB has continued to support our initiatives every year.”

Eric Corley aka Emmanuel Goldstein is the co-founder/editor of ‘2600: The Hacker Quarterly’. He also hosts America’s only hacker radio show. 2600 is the oldest running hackers’ magazine and through 2600 Films, Goldstein produced Freedom Downtime, a feature-length documentary about famed hacker Kevin Mitnick, the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.

Mark ‘Phiber Optik’ Abene is one of America’s most notorious computer hackers. A former member of LOD (Legion of Doom), his later change of affiliation to rival group MOD (Masters of Deception) led to the beginning of the Great Hacker War in the early 1990s. A legendary figure in the hack/phreak scene, his unexpectedly harsh 12 months jail sentence by US courts in 1992 was unprecedented and widely condemned by the hacker community.

To find out more about HITBSecConf2007 and details about the two movies, please visit http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2007kl/cinema/