Top 5 "bad" hacker of all time Bashny.Net

As is known, hackers (here we mean the people who break into computer networks, will not go into the details of terminology) there are good and bad. The poor - those who find any vulnerabilities in computer networks that any other company, and uses it to meet their own needs, most often it is the theft of personal information or money or something, and another simultaneously. But the good hackers are those who find a vulnerability, and immediately reports about it, trying to help the company with a "leaky" network. Interestingly, good hackers rarely get even gratitude.

So, in this article we look at the most that neither is a "bad" hackers who become famous for their operations to clean other people's pockets. Incidentally, most of the people here mentioned that "suck", I think, much more those who are able to work without leaving a trace, even insignificant.

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Jonathan James

This young man, also known as «c0mrade» was the hacker, while still a teenager. He was caught and sentenced, when he was only 16 years old. In an anonymous interview with Jonathan said: "I was just looking around, trying to have fun. I was interested to check the forces changing anything ».

So, James was not the purpose of profit, no. He just wanted to "have fun." You know how he amused? Install malicious code on the server of the Ministry of Defense. Yes, it is. And not on some kind of server, and the one which was part of a computer network department DTRA, head of nuclear, biological and chemical security of America.

His virus stole the personal data of employees of the agency, which, actually, and James did not need. Just entertainment, nothing more. One can only be glad that these ingenious little pranksters, or who knows what would have happened to our world?

By the way, he is a computer network hacked NASA, stealing software worth approximately 1, 7 million USD. This software is "in charge of" living space astronauts to the International Space Station, providing the necessary temperature and humidity.

After his release from prison, James stopped to hack computers, founded his own company, engaged in network security. In May 2008, he died - causes of death controversy go so far.



Adrian Lamo

Another prodigy who did not pay attention to the little things like hacking computer networks of banks. No, he immediately went to the hacking network The New York Times and Microsoft. To do this, the hacker is characterized by the use of shared computers, so he earned the nickname "homeless hacker".

The number of victims also includes Yahoo !, Bank of America, Citigroup and Cingular (as we can see, the banks in the end, too, are interested in Adrian). So, when he hacked into the computer network edition of The New York Times, then stole a lot of personal data of employees of the newspaper, including social security numbers.

In general, once there he was caught, and was ordered to pay a fine for the benefit of The New York Times in the amount of $ 65,000. In addition, he had to sit out a couple of years under house arrest. The restrictions were lifted in 2007, and since then, Lamo is public life, becoming a well-known journalist and tribune.



Kevin Mitnick

Without a doubt one of the most famous "black" hackers, who simply did taunted by police officers, no fear of being punished. US Department of Justice called him "the most dangerous hacker in US history." Well, that was then, now, perhaps there is a more dangerous person.

Mitnick began with small things - first broke into the computer network of public transport in Los Angeles in order to secure a free ride on the bus. Then he took a phone phreaking. Once he hacked a computer network Digital Equipment Corporation, stealing expensive software.

Mitnick had made a mistake, not only hacking computer networks of public and private companies, but also mocking "colleagues." This was his big mistake, because after the break the home computer hacker Tsutomu Shimomura, who was able to track down Mitnick's actions, then passing it to the police.

Mitnick is now known as the author of several books, computer security consultant, journalist and public figure.



Kevin Paulsen

The fame of the hacker with the nickname Dark Dante earned by cracking the telephone system radio station KIIS-FM (Los Angeles). What for? Well, he started winning in all sorts of competitions, having received among other prizes brand new Porshe. The lawyers called him "Hannibal Lector virtual criminal world».

Interestingly, the authorities began to hunt him only after Kevin hacked into a federal network of organizations engaged in investment. He also was able to hack into the FBI computer network, stealing a lot of valuable information.

Despite this, his main activity was still associated with a phone phreaking. In general, in the end it still caught and condemned to five years. I wonder why in the photo taken at the police station, he's so happy?

Now, like many of his colleagues, Paulsen worked as a journalist and a respected journalist.



Robert Tappan Morris

Son of a famous scientist, Morris was the author of the first known virus. Actually, blame him for further troubles are not worth it, because if he had not, the virus would have been written by someone else. But the fact remains - Robert Tappan Morris was the first person to create a computer virus that hit the set of PCs connected to the Internet (this took place in the 80s of the last century, when many of today's computer security experts and hackers even on foot under the table went) .

The harm caused to a virus, Robert, was valued at $ 10,500 (as we see, very tiny, at present, the amount), and the number of affected PCs reached 6000 (at that time it was a huge amount).

Now, Robert Tappan Morris, a professor at MIT, and about any hacking does not think.



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