In the first episode of the animated scifi anthology series Love, Death, and Robots, called Sonnie’s Edge, Wes (voiced by Omid Abtahi) along with Ivrina are friends of Sonnie. After they find Sonnie brutally assaulted by a gang, Wes uses his hacking skills to transfer her consciousness into a bio-beast named Khanivore which battles in underground “beastie” deathmatches and seeks to exact revenge.

In Overwatch, Sombra is a notorious hacker who worked for Talon, and before that, the Los Muertos gang. Sombra uses her stealth and hacking abilities in-game to frustrate her opponents. Her unique style includes a purple and black ombre color scheme outfit, highlighted undercut, and toe shoes. To complete Sombra’s mysterious look, you should also follow this Sombra makeup tutorial.

Itaru Hashida, also known as Daru, is an experienced hacker in both software and hardware technologies from the Steins;Gate visual novel and anime series. He is also well-versed in things pertaining to otaku culture. He is a good friend of Rintaro Okabe and helps him with his Future Gadget Lab projects. His design is touched up in Steins;Gate 0, now sporting a more professional attire. Steins;Gate 0 is a sequel series set in an alternate future to the original’s ending where Kurisu remains dead and the threat of World War 3 looms closer and closer.

Futaba Sakura is a main character from the Atlus JRPG Persona 5. She is different from the main crew of the Phantom Thieves because she is an agoraphobic who does not attend school and rarely, if ever, leaves her house. Instead of fighting in direct combat, she provides navigation and support aid to the team.

In Ghost in the Shell, Major Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett Johansson) is field commander of Public Security Section 9. She is highly intelligent, known for her deductive, military, and hacking skills, not to mention physically powerful due to her full-body prosthesis.

In Kung Fury, Hackerman (Leopold Nilsson) is a computer whiz who sends Kung Fury back in time to kill Hitler. He may be a genius but he’s not perfect, as a glitch in the system sends Kung Fury to the Viking age instead.