Hackers People backup
Kevin Mitnick
Nickname: Condor
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The world’s most famous hacker. Book author, researcher and founder of his Mitnick Security company.
Jonathan James
Nickname: c0mrade
Jonathan Joseph James (December 12, 1983 – May 18, 2008) was an American hacker who was the first juvenile incarcerated for cybercrime in the United States.
Albert Gonzalez
American computer hacker and computer criminal who is accused of masterminding the combined credit card theft and subsequent reselling of more than 170 million card and ATM numbers from 2005 through 2007—the biggest such fraud in history.
Kevin Poulsen
American former black-hat hacker and a current editor at Wired.
Gary McKinnon
"Gary McKinnon (born 10 February 1966) is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time," although McKinnon himself states that he was merely looking for evidence of free energy suppression and a cover-up of UFO activity and other technologies potentially useful to the public" - Wikipedia
Adrian Lamo
Adrian Lamo is an American threat analyst and former hacker.
Mathew Bevan
Mathew Bevan is a British hacker from Cardiff, Wales. In 1996 he was arrested for hacking into secure U.S. government networks under the handle Kuji. At the age of 21, he hacked into the files of the Griffiss Air Force Base Research Laboratory in New York.
Vladimir Levin
Vladimir Leonidovitch Levin is a Russian individual famed for his involvement in the attempt to fraudulently transfer USD 10.7 million via Citibank's computers.
John McAfee
John McAfee is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur who is best known for his involvement in the development of the McAfee antivirus software and for his unconventional personal life and beliefs.
McAfee was born on September 18, 1945 in Forest, Mississippi, United States. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Roanoke College in 1967 and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Florida in 1971.
In 1987, McAfee founded McAfee Associates, a software company that developed the McAfee antivirus software, which became one of the most popular antivirus programs in the world. In 1994, he sold his stake in the company and retired from the software industry.
In the years since, McAfee has pursued a number of other ventures, including cryptocurrency and personal security. He has also gained notoriety for his unconventional personal beliefs and lifestyle, including his advocacy for drug legalization and his involvement in various legal and personal controversies.
McAfee has received numerous awards and honors for his contributions to the field of computer science, including the Entrepreneur of the Year award from the Greater Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and the Software Industry Fellowship from the Software Council of Southern California.
Owen Walker
Nickname: AKILL
Owen Walker, also known as "Akill," is a New Zealand computer hacker who gained notoriety in the mid-2000s for his involvement in a number of high-profile hacking cases.
Walker was born in 1989 in New Zealand, and he began his career as a computer hacker in 2005. He gained fame for his involvement in the "Akit" hacking group, which was responsible for a number of high-profile hacks, including the defacement of the websites of the CIA and the United States Department of Homeland Security.
In 2007, Walker was arrested and charged with computer crimes in New Zealand. He was sentenced to two years of supervision and ordered to pay reparations of NZD $11,000.
Since his release from prison, Walker has largely stayed out of the public eye, and it is not clear what he has been doing in the years since his release.
Dennis Moran
Nickname: Coolio, Derdebug
Dennis Moran, also known as "Derdebug," is a computer hacker who gained notoriety in the mid-1990s for his involvement in a number of high-profile hacking cases.
Moran was born in 1979 in Germany, and he began his career as a computer hacker in the mid-1990s. He gained notoriety for his involvement in a number of high-profile hacking cases, including the hacking of the Pentagon's website in 1996 and the defacement of the website of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1998.
In 1999, Moran was arrested and charged with computer fraud in Germany. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but he was released after serving only eight months.
Since his release from prison, Moran has largely stayed out of the public eye, and it is not clear what he has been doing in the years since his release.
HD Moore
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H D Moore is network security expert, open source programmer, and hacker. He is the developer of the Metasploit Framework, a penetration testing software suite, and the founder of the Metasploit Project.
Robert Tappan Morris
Robert Tappan Morris (born November 8, 1965) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known[3] for creating the Morris Worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the Internet.
James Kosta
Stephen Wozniak
Nickname: WozMan \ The Woz
Stephen Gary "Steve" Wozniak is an American inventor, electronics engineer, programmer, philanthropist, and technology entrepreneur who co-founded Apple Inc. He is known as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
George Hotz
Nickname: Ge0H0t
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George Hotz, also known as "Geohot," is an American hacker and entrepreneur who is best known for his work in the fields of computer security and autonomous vehicles.
Hotz was born on October 2, 1989 in Glen Rock, New Jersey, United States. He gained fame in 2007 at the age of 17 when he became the first person to successfully unlock the iPhone, allowing it to be used with any carrier.
In 2010, Hotz received widespread media attention for his involvement in the PlayStation 3 hacking controversy, in which he released tools that allowed users to modify their PlayStation 3 consoles and run unauthorized software.
In the years since, Hotz has focused his efforts on the development of autonomous vehicles, and he has founded a number of companies in the field, including Comma.ai, a company that develops software and hardware for autonomous vehicles.
Hotz has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the Wall Street Journal's "Innovator of the Year" award in the "Disruptor" category. He is also a well-known speaker and has given talks on computer security, hacking, and autonomous vehicles at conferences and events around the world.
Jeanson James Ancheta
The first person to be charged for controlling large numbers of hijacked computers or botnets.
Kristina Vladimirovna Svechinskaya
Kristina Vladimirovna Svechinskaya is a former Russian money mule hacker
Karl Koch
Nickname: hagbard
Ehud Tenenbaum
Nickname: The Analyzer
Israeli cracker.
Leonard Rose
Nickname: Terminus
American hacker who in 1991 accepted a plea bargain that convicted him of two counts of wire fraud stemming from publishing an article in Phrack magazine.
Rafael Nunez
Nickname: RaFa
Venezuelan computer security professional and ethical hacker (white hat hacker).
Andrew Auernheimer
Nickname: weev
Andrew Alan Escher Auernheimer is an American black hat hacker Internet troll and neo-Nazi.
Mark Abene
Nickname: Phiber Optik
Mark Abene is an infosec expert and entrepreneur, originally from New York City. He was once a member of the hacker groups Legion of Doom and Masters of Deception.
Julian Paul Assange
Julian Paul Assange is an Australian computer programmer and the founder of WikiLeaks, an organisation which he founded in 2006.
Michael Demon Calce
Nickname: MafiaBoy
Chad Davis
"Chad Davis (born 1981?) is an American hacker (or cracker) from Green Bay, Wisconsin, who operated under the alias of Mindphasr. He was the subject of one of the most high-profile prosecutions of cybercriminals of the late 20th century. Davis is a founding member of the globalHell syndicate of hackers, and is suspected to have authored or participated in the hacking of the websites of numerous businesses and government agencies." - Wikipedia
Nahshon Even-Chaim
Raphael Gray
Nickname: Mindphasr
Ian Murphy
Nickname: Captain Zap
Marc Maiffret
Nickname: Chameleon
Tsutomu Shimomura
American physicist and computer security expert. He is known for helping the FBI track and arrest hacker Kevin Mitnick.
Charlie Miller
Dan Kaminsky
Nickname: Effugas
Robert Hansen
Nickname: Rsnake
Greg Hoglund
Recognized author, researcher and serial entrepreneur in the cyber security industry.
Eric Conrad
Author, Senior SANS Instructor, and CTO of Backshore Communications
William Binney
William Edward Binney is a former highly placed intelligence official with the United States National Security Agency (NSA)[4] turned whistleblower who resigned on October 31, 2001, after more than 30 years with the agency.