At the beginning of the movie when Dade phones the security desk of the television station he is hacking in to he gives the name of Eddie Vedder, the singer of the rock band Pearl Jam.
Mrs. Murphy:
Can I cut the electricity to his room so he'll sleep normal hours? He's been playing with his computer all night for a solid week.
Mrs. Murphy:
Well, yes, he could be playing with himself. Yes, I'll ask. Dade? You like girls, don't you?
Dade Murphy:
Yeah. I just haven't found ...
Hackers is set in NYC however in the "Hack the Gibson" scene Plague places a call to Dade in Grand Central Station but the phone rings using the European tone (ring ring - pause - ring ring) rather than the American tone (riiiiiing - pause - riiiiiing) indicating that this scene was either filmed or sound recorded in the UK.
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