Julian Assange, a teenage computer hacker in Melbourne, formed a group called the 'International Subversives' in 1989 with two friends. They broke into powerful and secretive organizations using early home computers, defining themselves as 'white hat hackers'. The FBI urged the Australian Federal Police to catch them, but the police struggled to understand the digital world. The story is a tense game of cat and mouse between the police and the skilled young hackers in the electronic underground of Melbourne.
Underground: The Julian Assange Story
The film explores the formative years of Julian Assange, tracing the key events that shaped his remarkable journey.
