There are two types of hackers. First one are good hackers who are known
as "white hat" hackers and another one which we will be talking about
today are called "black hat" hackers. In this article, we will be
talking about six famous black hat hackers and their hacks which made them famous or wanted.
George Hotz
Young and talented and what is the most important bored teenager, George
Hotz wanted to have fun one summer night and as a result he hacked the
Sony’s company Iphone. It happened in June of 2007, by that time George
was 17. It was a bit of a challenge, because how to hack device with
assistant things? The secret is to figure out how “to speak to the
device”.He also mentioned that what he did was completely legal.It seems
people can be dangerous in certain way when they are bored. Who knows
what may happen if crazy smart geek will find thy way of his ideas.
Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick is well-known as the most-wanted computer criminal in the
United States. He was in high school when he started hacking. For
several years he hacked dozens of companies.What interesting, for those
“services” he was finally arrested in 1995 at his apartment for hacking.
Kevin also has served 5 years in prison, nevertheless despite of his
experience he runs his own security firm named Mitnick Security
Consulting. The other side of the coin is, however Mitnick published a
book that calls “Ghost in Wires”, which is about his upps-and-downs,
victories and crushes. He shared that every hack was like a climbing to
mountain and he reached the Everest. This is one more proof how talent
have pined, because of a boredom.
Adrian Lamo
Adrian was called as the most effective and controversial hacker of the
21st century. That is very flattering status.He was famous for breaking
into several high-profile computer networks. Lamo might use his gift to
help people to consult, what is actually he did, but as exception and
compromise.His baby steps in hacking, Adrian Lamo made pretty early and
became known for the first time for operating AOL watchdog site.As many
others, he was arrested in 2003 and had to correspond for each and every
computer crime.Thus, even if Lamo now works as a threat analyst and
public speaker, his glory will always follow him, because our past if
the part of our “present” and a part of who we are.
Gary McKinnon
This “black hat” McKinnon hacked into 97 United States military and
NASA computers. He could be the biggest threat for government.
Glasgow-born McKinnon wanted the truth to come out and show itself. In
March 2002 Gary was arrested by police. “Black hat” used his hacking
skills to “research” his beliefs and evidence of UFOs inexhaustible
source of power, into the US government’s computers. He didn’t do that
because of boredom, but because of obsession and thirst to hidden
knowledge. Probably this computer crime is serious, but forgivable. Man
wasn’t going to hack computer system because he was bored or to prove
something, we was looking for truth no more than.
Jonathan James
Story of Jonathan James is sad, nevertheless his life can be compared
to comet – short, but bright. In 1999 teenager at the age of 15 years
old hacked into Bellsouth and Miami-Dade school network. Jonathan James
damaged NASA Systems, it costed $41,000 to fix the systems. It goes
without saying that he made serious damage. To stole software from NASA
that worth $1.7 Million is one the biggest computer crimes. He wasn’t
after information or justice, he was after money… As they say, never
speak ill of the dead.Jonathan James was sentenced 6 months house arrest
and banned from using computer, however that didn’t prevent him to
commit suicide.
Kevin Poulsen
This talented “cyber-terrorists” could have great career and almost blow
his chance. It seems that this hacker likes contracts and his life
reflects it pretty well. He hacked into the US Department of Defense's
Arpanet. However later he worked as a consultant testing Pentagon
computer security. Late on Kevin hacked FBI, after that hacked phone
lines to radio station of Los Angeles… Poulsen’s life reminded American
switchbacks…Certainly he was wanted by FRI and finally they caught
him. Despite of such interesting past, Kevin is law-abiding citizen and
has several awards of International Academy of Digital Arts and
Sciences.
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