David Lightman

Figure that one out.

This is the story of David Lightman, a young hacker who accidentally hacks into the NORAD computer, setting up a war simulation that might just end the world.

When did you first see it, Laura?

Laura?In theater

So they didn't recognize it as a simulation.

It just ran in their minds like it was real, and they got down to the wire before figuring out that it was all fake, because they didn't get any radar hits from actual stations.

And these screenwriters heard that story and fancified it and turned it into th- this, which also included, I forget the name of the hacker, but David's character is based on an actual hacker of the time.

And remember we talked about phone phreaking-