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The Great Hack
The Great Hack

The Great Hack

They took your data. Then they took control.

Genres

Documentary

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Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

114 mins

Rating

6.892/10

Release Date

26 January 2019

Country

United States of America

Cast

Brittany Kaiser

Brittany Kaiser

Self - Former Dir. of Business Development, Cambridge Analytica

David Carroll

David Carroll

Self - Associate Professor Parsons School of Design

Paul-Olivier Dehaye

Paul-Olivier Dehaye

Self - Founder @PersonalDataIO

Ravi Naik

Ravi Naik

Self - Data Rights Solicitor

Julian Wheatland

Julian Wheatland

Self - Former COO/CFO Cambridge Analytica/SCL

Carole Cadwalladr

Carole Cadwalladr

Self - Investigative Journalist for The Guardian

Christopher Wiley

Christopher Wiley

Self - Former Cambridge Analytica Employee and Whistleblower

Paul Hilder

Paul Hilder

Self - Writer/Political Technologist

Emma Graham-Harrison

Emma Graham-Harrison

Self - International Affairs Correspondent, The Observer

Gill Phillips

Gill Phillips

Self - Legal Council, The Guardian

Sarah Donaldson

Sarah Donaldson

Self - Arts Editor, The Observer

Roger McNamee

Roger McNamee

Self - Early Facebook Investor

Alexander Nix

Alexander Nix

Self - CEO, Cambridge Analytica (archive footage)

Steve Bannon

Steve Bannon

Self - Former Chief Executive Trump Campaign (archive footage)

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg

Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz

Self (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Self (archive footage)

Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage

Self (archive footage)

Maria Cantwell

Maria Cantwell

Self (archive footage)

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