Most Famous Hackers In The World

There’s a saying, a hacker is always one step ahead of your most secured network. Hacking is one such activity that is lauded worldwide, but only when it’s ethical. No one likes intrusions or an intruder altering their data, but what hackers do includes stealing all the sensitive information. Hackers can be called cyber or computer criminals who intrude into your network, steal all the sensitive data and edit them as per their choice.

There are cyber cells in many countries that keep track of cybercrimes committed by hackers. In this comprehension, we have compiled 10 of the world’s most famous hackers who took the hacking level to a whole new level. So without any further ado, let us start with our compilation.

 

10 Famous Hackers In The World

 

Kevin Metnick

Kevin Metnick was a hacker residing in the US. He is called the “most wanted computer criminal in US history.” his real-life story was so wild that it formed the basis for a movie named Track Down.

One of the leading hacks he committed his career was hacking into the Digital Equipment Corporation’s Network. He got prisoned for a year after this but was let out for three years of supervised release. But at the end of that period, he vanished and went on 2.5 years hacking spree that involved the breaching of the National Defense Warning System and also stole corporate secrets.

 

Evgeniy Bogachev

The Russian hacker stole over 100 million dollars by hacking numerous computers globally.- This was a crime that didn’t take a lot of effort, as he stole from individuals, not from the organizations.

 

Anonymous

Anonymous has been in the limelight, and that is probably why a well-known hacker of all time. Anonymous is a decentralized group of hackers with no membership or hierarchy, which means any person can act in the name of Anonymous.

They put their first step in the world of hacking in 2003 and since then, they have been credited for targetting many renowned names like PayPal, Sony, Amazon, the Westboro Baptist Church, the Church of Scientology, even with the government of India, Australia, Syria, United States, and others. They still remain active in the world of hacking.

 

Guccifer 2.0

No one knows the identity of Guccifer 2.0. It could be a person or a group acting as a single person.

Guccifer 2.0 came into the limelight during the 2016 US Presidential elections when the Democratic National Convention’s network was hacked. Many documents were leaked at that time, on WikiLeaks and somewhere else. It was Guccifer 2.0 behind all this chaos, and many believed that Guccifer 2.0 from Russia, but later it was revealed that he was from Romania.

 

Julian Assange

Staring his career at the tender age of 16 under the name of ‘Mendax,’ Julian Assange in over four years, hacked into various government, educational, and corporate networks. These networks included Nasa, The Pentagon, Citibank, Stanford University, and Lockheed Martin.

In 2016, he created WikiLeaks, a platform to publish news leaks and classified documents from unknown sources. He got caught in an investigation conducted by the United States in 2010.

 

The Boy Wonder

There is no age specified for hacking, and this could be the best example. A 15-year-old boy stole as many as 2 million by hacking into the most confidential computer systems of NASA. Also, he broke into the weapon computer system of the Pentagon that created a lot of buzz at that time.

 

Loyd Blankenship

He is often considered as the ‘Mentor’ in the world of hacking. Loyd has been an active hacker since the 1970s and has also been a member of the famous hacking group named Legion of Doom.

He wrote an essay after being arrested in 1986 named ‘Mentor’s Last Words.’ That essay to date is considered as one of the lynchpins of hacking culture. After giving up hacking in 1990, he is now the head of product research and design at McAfee.

 

Robert Tappan Morris

Tappan gained all his computing knowledge from his father, Robert Morris, who was a computer scientist at Bell Labs and later at NSA. Robert Tappan is considered the creator of the world’s first known computer worm named ‘Morris Worm.’ Like any other worm, it moderates the speed of the computer and made it infected multiple times.

 

Matthew Bevan and Richard Price

The duo accessed the computers of the US Air Force and transferred data, damaged files. Besides, they also hacked the Korean research facility, which raised many eyebrows in the governmental bodies of both the two countries. It is assumed that if they wouldn’t have stopped, they might have led to war between the two countries.

 

Gary McKinnon

Gary conducted one of the enormous attacks on computer systems in history. He deleted some essential files and caused a loss of thousands of dollars.

 

Edward Pearson

The last name on the list is Edward Pearson. He fetched the details of over 2,00,000 accounts and stole almost 112 million USD. PayPal was one of the agencies that got seriously affected by his actions.

 

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Time to wind up: 

So here is the list of the most famous hackers in the world. Practicing hacking is not a wrong choice, but committing crimes via hacking can take you behind the bars. It is an extravagant skill that you should look forward to learning and use with keeping all the governmental guidelines in mind.