The movies "Hackers" and "The Net" were released in 1995. "Hackers" used the term to mean "someone who penetrates computer security". The one use of the term

The movies "Hackers" and "The Net" were released in 1995. "Hackers" used the term to mean "someone who penetrates computer security". The one use of the term in in "The Net" [1] was ambiguous as to whether it meant this sense, or Paul Graham's sense of the word[2]; but 90% of the movie was about security and counter-security. So I'd say that the [counter]security connotation was common usage by that time. [1] http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/n/net-script-transcript-sandra-bullock.html http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/n/net-script-tran... [2] http://paulgraham.com/gba.html http://paulgraham.com/gba.html