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==Film and television== On August 22, 2002, Lamo was removed from a segment of ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'' when, after being asked to demonstrate his skills for the camera, he gained access to NBC's internal network.<ref> {{cite web | last=Poulsen | first=Kevin | author-link=Kevin Poulsen | title=Lamo Bumped from NBC After Hacking Them | publisher=[[SecurityFocus]] | date=August 27, 2002 | url=http://www.securityfocus.com/news/595 | access-date=January 2, 2007}} </ref> NBC was concerned that it broke the law by taping Lamo while he possibly broke the law. Lamo was a guest on ''[[The Screen Savers]]'' five times beginning in 2002.<ref> {{cite magazine | last=Null | first=Christopher | author-link=Christopher Null | title=Lamo Hacks Cingular Claims Site | magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] | date=May 29, 2003 | url=https://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2003/05/59024 | access-date=June 15, 2010 }}</ref> ''[[Hackers Wanted]]'', a documentary film focusing on Lamo's life as a hacker, was produced by [[Trigger Street Productions]] and narrated by [[Kevin Spacey]].<ref name=film>{{cite magazine|last=Poulsen|first=Kevin|url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/05/hackers-wante/|title=Lost Hacking Documentary Surfaces on Pirate Bay | Threat Level|magazine=Wired|date=May 21, 2010|access-date=August 25, 2013}}</ref> Focusing on the 2003 hacking scene, the film features interviews with [[Kevin Rose]] and [[Steve Wozniak]].<ref name=film /> The film has not been conventionally released. In May 2009, a video purporting to be a trailer for ''Hackers Wanted'' was allegedly leaked onto the Internet film site Eye Crave Network.<ref> {{cite web|last=Goodsmith|first=Ed|date=May 5, 2009|title=Exclusive: Hackers Wanted (Documentary) Trailer!|url=https://www.eyecrave.net/2008/06/23/eyecravedvd-exclusive-can-you-hack-it-details/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511190501/http://eyecrave.net/movies/movie/2521-exclusive-untitled-hacker-movie-can-you-hack-it-trailer/|archive-date=May 11, 2009|access-date=May 6, 2009|publisher=Eve Crave Network|df=mdy-all}} </ref> In May 2010, an early cut of the film was leaked via [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BitTorrent]].<ref> {{cite web | last=enigmax | title=Unreleased 'Hackers Wanted' Movie Leaks To BitTorrent | publisher=[[TorrentFreak]] | date=May 20, 2010 | url=http://torrentfreak.com/unreleased-hackers-wanted-movie-leaks-to-bittorrent-100520/ | access-date=May 20, 2010}} </ref> According to an insider, what was leaked on the Internet was very different from the newer version, which includes additional footage. On June 12, 2010, a director's cut version of the film was leaked onto torrent sites.<ref> {{cite web | last=enigmax | title=Director Sam Bozzo On BitTorrent and the Movie Industry | publisher=[[TorrentFreak]] | date=June 13, 2010 | url=http://torrentfreak.com/director-sam-bozzo-on-bittorrent-and-the-movie-industry-100613/ | access-date=June 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616060205/http://torrentfreak.com/director-sam-bozzo-on-bittorrent-and-the-movie-industry-100613/|archive-date=June 16, 2010|url-status=live}} </ref> Lamo also appeared on ''[[Good Morning America]]'', [[Fox News]], ''[[Democracy Now!]]'', ''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]'', and repeatedly on [[KCRA-TV]] News as an expert on netcentric crime and incidents. He was interviewed for the documentaries ''[[We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks]]'' and ''True Stories: WikiLeaks β Secrets and Lies''.<ref>{{cite web | title=We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) | publisher=IMDb | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1824254/ | access-date=January 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=True Stories: Wikileaks β Secrets and Lies (2011) | publisher=IMDb | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2123355/ | access-date=January 19, 2017}}</ref> Lamo reconnected with [[Leo Laporte]] in 2015 as a result of a [[Quora]] article on the "[[dark web]]" for an episode of ''[[The New Screen Savers]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Adrian Lamo | publisher=IMDb | date=December 24, 2016 | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2238804/?ref=1337 | access-date=December 24, 2016 }}</ref> Lamo wrote the book ''Ask Adrian'',<ref>https://buk.io/@pa4566</ref> a collection of his best Q&A drawn from over 500 pages of [[Quora]] answers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quora.com/profile/Adri%C3%A1n-Lamo|title=AdriΓ‘n Lamo|website=quora.com|access-date=September 5, 2017}}</ref>
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