
In 1989, known as Mendax, Julian Assange and two friends formed a group called the International Subversives. Using early home computers and defining themselves as white hat hackers - those who look but don’t steal – they broke into some of the world’s most powerful and secretive organisations. In the eyes of the US Government, they were a major threat to national security.
A tense, urgent dive into the early days of hacking and political activism. It feels like a procedural, exploring the intellectual cat-and-mouse game between a nascent digital freedom fighter and powerful, shadowy institutions.











