60 minSeason 1 • Episode 13
LatestWhen a top hacker is killed in his hot tub Level 9 discover he was working for a top mob man, Alex Veedy. Sosh and Jargon discover that Veedy is setting up a meet with the legendary hacker, Cypher. Travis manages to intercept the email with the meet site and time and change it, making it possible to capture Cypher. Travis then replaces Cypher, pretending to be him so that he can infiltrate Veedy's organisation and find out what he needs a top hacker for.
Level 9 is an American television program broadcast on UPN, first aired in 2000. The plot revolved around a secret agency within the government, staffed by government agents, tech-savvy geeks, and former criminal hackers, which is tasked with solving or preventing cyber crimes. Thirteen episodes were produced, ten of which were aired on UPN, before the program was canceled in January 2001 due to low ratings. In August 2006, the Sci-Fi Channel acquired rerun rights to the series which was added to their schedule in June 2007. Sci-Fi aired the episodes never shown by UPN in February 2008.
Acting
Michael Kelly's pre-House of Cards charm as charming rogue Tibbs.
Production
Glorious period tech: beige towers, screaming modems, leather jackets.
Creator
John Sacret Young
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Creator John Sacret Young was a China Beach veteran who pitched this as 'cyber-counterterrorism meets The Mod Squad.'
The show aired months after the ILOVEYOU virus and months before 9/11, capturing a specific paranoid window about invisible threats.
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