Top 6 Black Hat Hackers In The World 2017
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 post, I will talk about six famous black hat hackers and their hacks which made them famous or wanted.
1. 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.
2. 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 ofcompanies. 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.
3. Adrian Lamo
Adrian was called as
the most effective and controversialhacker 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
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