History of Hacking Top Best Hackers of All time
Hacker's History & Overview
Today we will take you into the
past, where we will discuss about those heroes, who are always been ill treated
by the society & the system while revamping those heroes into
cyber-criminals or infamous hackers. Its our question to our humanity "Did
the system has done justice with them??"
Hacking has always been inherently a
young person’s game. The first usage of the word “hacker” was to describe
pranksters meddling with the phones at MIT. Many hackers have cited boredom, a
desire for change, or the thrill of going somewhere one is not supposed to go
as their motivation for hacking, all of which could apply to scores of common
activities on college campuses. While today’s hacking scene is dominated by
large hacking groups like Anonymous and Masters of Deception, many of the
greatest hacks ever have been pulled off by college, high school, and even
middle school kids who rose to infamy armed only with a computer and the
willingness to cross the bounds of legality.
Sven Jaschan: In the words of one tech expert, “His name will always be
associated with some
of the biggest viruses in the
history of the Internet.” The viruses: the Sasser and NetSky worms that
infected millions of computers and have caused millions of dollars of damage
since their release in 2004. The man behind the viruses proved to be not even a
man at all, legally. Seventeen-year-old hacker Sven Jaschan, a student at a
computer science school in Germany, claimed to have created the viruses to
become a hero by developing a program that would eradicate the rampaging Mydoom
and Bagle bugs. Instead he found himself the subject of a $250,000 bounty
courtesy of Microsoft, for which some of his classmates turned him in.
Jonathan James: In 2000, at the age of 16, James, or “C0mrade” as he was known in the hacker community, infamously became the first juvenile federally sentenced for hacking. The targets of his notorious hack jobs were a wing of the U.S. Department of Defense called the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, NASA, and the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (By hacking the latter James gained the ability to control the A/C in the International Space Station.) All of these were pulled off “for fun” while James was still a student at Palmetto Senior High in Miami. Unfortunately, the fun ran out when James was tied into a massive identity theft investigation. Though insisting he was innocent, James took his own life, saying he had “no faith in the justice system.”
Jonathan James: In 2000, at the age of 16, James, or “C0mrade” as he was known in the hacker community, infamously became the first juvenile federally sentenced for hacking. The targets of his notorious hack jobs were a wing of the U.S. Department of Defense called the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, NASA, and the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (By hacking the latter James gained the ability to control the A/C in the International Space Station.) All of these were pulled off “for fun” while James was still a student at Palmetto Senior High in Miami. Unfortunately, the fun ran out when James was tied into a massive identity theft investigation. Though insisting he was innocent, James took his own life, saying he had “no faith in the justice system.”
Michael Calce: Yahoo. CNN. Ebay. Amazon. Dell.com. One by one in a matter
of days, these huge websites crashed at the hands of 15-year-old Canadian high
school student Michael Calce, aka “MafiaBoy.” Armed with a denial-of-service
program he called “Rivolta” that overloaded servers he targeted, the young
hacker wreaked $7.5 million in damages, according to court filings. Calce was
caught when he fell victim to a common ailment of teenage boys: bragging. The
cops were turned on to him when he began boasting in chat rooms about being
responsible for the attacks. On Sept. 12, 2001, MafiaBoy was sentenced to a
group facility for eight months on 56 counts of cybercrime.
Kevin Mitnick: Before performing hacks that prompted the U.S. Department
of Justice to declare him “the most wanted computer criminal in United States
history,” Kevin Mitnick had already made a name for himself as a hacker in his
school days, first at Monroe High School in LA and later at USC. On a dare, Mitnick
connived an opening into the computer system of Digital Equipment Corporation,
which some fellow hackers then used to steal proprietary source code from the
company before ratting on him. While still on probation for that crime, Mitnick
broke into the premises of Pacific Bell and had to go on the run from police in
the aftermath, during which time he hacked dozens of systems, including those
of IBM, Nokia, Motorola, and Fujitsu.
Tim Berners-Lee: “Scandalous” is a synonym for “infamous,” and for this legendary computer scientist, knight of the British Empire, and inventor of the World Wide Web to have been a hacker in his school days is certainly a juicy factoid. During his time at Oxford in the mid-’70s, Sir Tim was banned from using university computers after he and a friend were caught hacking their way into restricted digital areas. Luckily by that time he already knew how to make his own computer out of a soldering iron, an old TV, and some spare parts. And also luckily for him, he will always be revered as the father of the Internet.
Tim Berners-Lee: “Scandalous” is a synonym for “infamous,” and for this legendary computer scientist, knight of the British Empire, and inventor of the World Wide Web to have been a hacker in his school days is certainly a juicy factoid. During his time at Oxford in the mid-’70s, Sir Tim was banned from using university computers after he and a friend were caught hacking their way into restricted digital areas. Luckily by that time he already knew how to make his own computer out of a soldering iron, an old TV, and some spare parts. And also luckily for him, he will always be revered as the father of the Internet.
Neal Patrick and the 414s: In the early ’80s, hacking was still a relatively foreign
concept to most Americans. Few recognized the enormous power hackers could
hijack with a few strokes on a keyboard, which explains why a young group of
hackers known as the 414s (after a Milwaukee area code) were virtual
celebrities after they hacked into the famous Los Alamos National Laboratory,
the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and elsewhere. While today hacking
a lab where classified nuclear research is conducted could earn you a one-way
ticket to Guantanamo, the 17-year-old ringleader and high school student Neal
Patrick was on the cover of Newsweek. The group members got light sentences but
prompted Congress to take a stronger role in cybercrime.
Robert T. Morris: The first ever Internet worm, the Morris Worm derived its
name from Cornell grad student Robert Tappan Morris. In 1988, Morris released
the worm through MIT’s system to cover his tracks, which would seem to contradict
his claims that he meant no harm with it. But that’s exactly what resulted: the
worm spread out of control, infecting more than 6,000 computers connected to
the ARPANET, the academic forerunner to the World Wide Web. The damages reached
as high as an estimated $10 million, and Morris earned the ignominious
distinction of being the first person prosecuted under the Computer Fraud and
Abuse Act. Morris got community service but was apparently not considered too
infamous to be offered his current job as a professor at MIT.
George Hotz: To some, George Hotz (aka “geohot,” aka “million75,” aka
“mil”) is a public menace, a threat to electronic businesses everywhere. To
many, Hotz is a hero. The high-schooler shot to fame/infamy in 2007 at the
tender age of 17 by giving the world its first hacked, or “jailbroken” iPhone.
He traded it for a new sports car and three new iPhones, and the video of the
hacking received millions of hits. Apple has had to grudgingly come to terms
with jailbreaking, seeing as the courts have declared it legal, but Sony Corp.
is definitely not OK with such tampering. When Hotz hacked his PlayStation 3
and published the how-to on the web, the company launched a vicious lawsuit
against him. In turn, the hacker group Anonymous launched an attack on Sony,
stealing millions of users’ personal info.
Donncha O’Cearbhaill: According to the FBI, this 19-year-old freshman at Trinity
College Dublin is one of the top five most wanted hackers in the world. Well,
he was; now that he’s been arrested he’s not really “wanted” anymore. The Feds
contend the young man is a VIP member of the Anonymous and LulzSec hacking
groups that have already been mentioned and whose targets have included the
FBI, the U.S. Senate, and Sony (in the Hotz backlash). It seems “Palladium”
(O’Cearbhaill) took the liberty of listening in on a conference call between
the FBI and several international police forces who were discussing their
investigations of the hacking groups. He could be sentenced to up to 15 years
in prison if convicted for that hack alone.
Nicholas Allegra: Just as George Hotz moved on from the Apple hacking game,
Brown University student Nicholas Allegra is also hanging up his jersey.
“Comex,” as he is known to millions of rooted iPhone fans, created the
simple-to-use Apple iOS jailbreaking program JailbreakMe in 2007 and has since
released two newer versions of it. However, Comex seems to have gone over to
the dark side, accepting an internship with the very company whose products he became
famous exploiting. Still, Allegra’s hacking skills are so advanced (one author
puts him five years ahead of the authors of the infamous Stuxnet worm that
corrupted Iran’s nuclear facilities) and so many people availed themselves of
his talents, he will forever live in hacking infamy.
We want to dedicate the above post to the legendary hacker, who left us -Jonathan James aka “C0mrade”. Also the post is a tribute to all the so called 'infamous hackers'. You are our heroes and inspiration, you will always be there in our soul. WE Salutes you
We want to dedicate the above post to the legendary hacker, who left us -Jonathan James aka “C0mrade”. Also the post is a tribute to all the so called 'infamous hackers'. You are our heroes and inspiration, you will always be there in our soul. WE Salutes you
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