I think it is one of the more realistic hacker movies. You can read also about Leonard Adleman's participation in the movie[1]. Adleman is the A in RSA.

Also, Lawrence (Larry) Lasker[2] was the writer of Sneakers AND War Games!

[1] https://molecularscience.usc.edu/sneakers/

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Lasker

Oh my. Those two movies always had a similar vibe to me and now I know why.