The 10 biggest pirates - hackers in the world

The 10 largest computer hackers of all time: You will find below two lists pirates . The first contains the name of people who actually lived or alive, while the other contains the name of fictional characters or novels or films that were pirates for their imaginary existence.

John Draper (aka Captain Crunch)

He holds his celebrity to a cereal box, where at least the gift that was inside: a whistle. It allowed him to hack the phone lines through the sound frequency of the whistle, or 2600 Hz, the same frequency used to indicate the availability of a line. While pretending he hung up, John Draper was able to call worldwide free until it is spotted. The story cost him two months in prison

Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs are addressing the issue and put in relation with John Draper invent and eventually the blue box, a device that can detect and transmit frequency n 'any company to call for free

Kevin Mitnick:

college student in Southern California, he introduced into the databases of the pentagon and seized files from the American defense. Six months in jail in a detention center for young adults. Later another intrusion on the computer is programmed to Shimomura is also a hacker attack against it by exposing and delivering it to the FBI. Mitnick then scoop 5 years in prison.

He returned a few years later by hacking the network of the research laboratory of the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Near the book to the FBI and he is again condemned by one year's imprisonment.

Robert Tappan Morris:

the first "worm", a program that takes care of doing the work instead of hacker Author. With his first computer virus, Robert Tappan Morris in infected thousands of machines in just a few hours. It ECOPA 400 hours of community service and a fine of 10,050 dollars.

Kevin Poulsen:

The standard pirate radio in a sweepstakes where a Porsche 944 S2 was offered the 102nd caller, he is sure to win the prize. Some time later he was arrested by the FBI. This cost him four years in prison.

Vladimir Levin:

He embezzled more than $ 10 million by infiltrating the networks of U.S. bank Citibank. During the recovery of funds, his three accomplices are arrested. Eventually they go back on its tracks and stop at the airport in London.

Jonathan James:

A 16 years NASA hacker, breaking the password of a government server. This gives him free access to the network of NASA, he used it to recover the secret defense of a space base source code. The value of the file is valued at nearly $ 1.7 million. Being a minor he escapes prison if he had been leading this could cost him 10 years in prison.

Gary McKinnon:

Author of the largest attack against the U.S. Army where he sought information on UFOs, it pirate army, air, marine, defense ministry and the Pentagon. Arrested but released for lack of evidence, McKinnon escapes to 70 years in prison.

Adrian Lamo:

He managed to get into the network and the New York Times likes to change the log data confidential. Quickly unmasked, he gets two years in prison and 65 thousand dollars in damages to the New York Times.

Jon Johansen:

He is the creator of a software that can crack the CD, DVD, MP3 ...
He is also the author of the first jailbreak on the iPhone. Apple subsequently hired to strengthen the safety of its product. Despite two trials, no evidence supports a detached condemn.

Unknown:

Who is the author of an attack source code Windows 2000 (Microsoft operating system), it discloses information on P2P networks. At today nobody could identify the hacker.