Here is a list of notable hackers who are known for their hacking acts.
0–9
A
- Mark Abene (Phiber Optik)[1]
- Ryan Ackroyd (Kayla)[2]
- Mustafa Al-Bassam (Tflow)[2]
- Mitch Altman[3][4]
- Jacob Appelbaum (ioerror)[5]
- Julian Assange (Mendax)[6][7]
- Trishneet Arora
- Andrew Auernheimer (weev)[8]
B
C
- Brad Carter (RBCP, Red box Chili Pepper)
- maia arson crimew
- Jean-Bernard Condat
- Sam Curry
- Cyber Anakin[10]
D
- Kim Dotcom
- John Draper (Captain Crunch)[11]
- Sir Dystic
- Wang Dong
E
F
- Ankit Fadia
- Bruce Fancher (Dead Lord)[12]
G
- Joe Grand (Kingpin)
- Richard Greenblatt[13]
- Virgil Griffith (Romanpoet)
- Rop Gonggrijp
- Guccifer
- Guccifer 2.0
H
- Jeremy Hammond
- Susan Headley (Susan Thunder)
- Markus Hess (hunter)[14]
- George Hotz (geohot)
- Andrew Huang
- Marcus Hutchins
- Rim Jong Hyok
I
J
- The Jester (hacktivist)
- Jonathan James
- Joybubbles (Joe Engressia, Highrise Joe)[11][15][16]
K
- Kyle Milliken
- Samy Kamkar
- Karl Koch (hagbard)
- Alan Kotok
- Jan Krissler
- Patrick K. Kroupa (Lord Digital)
- Kris Kaspersky
L
- Adrian Lamo[17]
- Chris Lamprecht (Minor Threat)[18]
- Gordon Lyon (Fyodor)
M
- MafiaBoy
- Moxie Marlinspike
- Morgan Marquis-Boire
- Gary Mckinnon (Solo)
- Jude Milhon (St. Jude)
- Kevin Mitnick (Condor)
- Mixter
- Hector Monsegur (Sabu)[2]
- HD Moore
- Robert Tappan Morris (rtm)
- Dennis Moran (Coolio)
- Jeff Moss (Dark Tangent)
- Katie Moussouris
- Andy Müller-Maguhn
- MLT (Matthew Telfer)
- Behzad Mohammadzadeh
N
- Craig Neidorf (Knight Lightning)
O
- Beto O'Rourke (Psychedelic Warlord)
- Higinio Ochoa
P
- Justin Tanner Petersen (Agent Steal)
- Kevin Poulsen (Dark Dante)
Q
R
- Eric S. Raymond (ESR)
- Christien Rioux (DilDog)
- Leonard Rose (Terminus)
- Oxblood Ruffin
- Joanna Rutkowska
S
- Peter Samson[13]
- David Schrooten (Fortezza)
- Roman Seleznev (Track2)
- Alisa Shevchenko
- Rich Skrenta
- Dmitry Sklyarov
- Edward Snowden
- Space Rogue
- Richard Stallman (rms)[19]
- StankDawg
- Matt Suiche
- Peter Sunde
- Gottfrid Svartholm (Anakata)
- Kristina Svechinskaya
- Aaron Swartz
T
- Ehud Tenenbaum[20]
- Cris Thomas (Space Rogue)[21]
- John Threat[22]
- Topiary[2]
- Tron (Boris Floricic)[23]
- Justine Tunney
U
V
- Kimberley Vanvaeck (Gigabyte)
W
- Steve Wozniak
- Chris Wysopal (Weld Pond)[24]
- Robert Willis
X
Y
Z
- Peiter Zatko (Mudge)[26]
See also
References
- ^ Gabriel, Trip (14 January 1995). "Reprogramming a Convicted Hacker; To His On-Line Friends, Phiber Optik Is a Virtual Hero". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d Bright, Peter (16 May 2013). ""The cutting edge of cybercrime"—Lulzsec hackers get up to 32 months in jail". Ars Technica. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ Tweney, Dylan (29 March 2009). "DIY Freaks Flock to 'Hacker Spaces' Worldwide". wired.com. Wired.
- ^ Emmanuel Goldstein; Mitch Altman; Bre Pettis; [dot]Ret; Bernie S.; Jim Vichench; Rob Vincent; Mike Castleman (13 January 2010). "Off The Hook 13 January" (MP3). Off The Hook, 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, WBAI.
- ^ Rich, Nathaniel (1 December 2010). "The American Wikileaks Hacker". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ Assange, Julian (22 September 2011). "Julian Assange: 'I am – like all hackers – a little bit autistic'". The Guardian.
- ^ Moss, Stephen (13 July 2010). "Julian Assange: the whistleblower". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ Zetter, Kim. "Appeals Court Overturns Conviction of AT&T Hacker 'Weev'". Wired. Wired.
- ^ a b Sterling, Bruce (1991). The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-56370-X.
- ^ "Teen 'Cyber Anakin' hacker wants revenge on Russia after the MH17 crash". news.com.au. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ a b Rosenbaum, Ron (October 1971). "Secrets of the Little Blue Box". slate.com (7 October 2011). Esquire Magazine.
- ^ Penenberg, Adam L. (10 October 1997). "Hacking the corporate ladder". Forbes.
- ^ a b Levy, Steven (1984). "Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution". Doubleday Publishing. ISBN 0-385-19195-2.
- ^ Clifford Stoll (1989). The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-24946-2.
- ^ Phil Lapsley; Steve Wozniak (January 2013). Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell. Grove Press. ISBN 9780802120618.
- ^ Martin, Douglas (20 August 2007). "Joybubbles, 58, Peter Pan of Phone Hackers, Dies". The New York Times.
- ^ Kahn, Jennifer. "Wired 12.04: The Homeless Hacker v. The New York Times". Wired. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ^ Heiman, J.D. (March 1997). "Banned from the Internet". Swing Magazine. pp. 70–75. Archived from the original on 15 February 1998. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ Williams, Sam (1 March 2002). Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software. O'Reilly Media. ISBN 0-596-00287-4 – via Free Software Foundation 2nd edition ("2.0") online copy. (PDF).
{{cite book}}: External link in|via= - ^ Reed, Dan; Wilson, David L. (November 6, 1998). "Whiz-kid hacker caught". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on October 7, 2000.
- ^ Penenberg, Adam (7 Feb 2000). "Space Rogue". Forbes. USA. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ Michelle Slatalla; Joshua Quittner (December 1994). "Gang War in Cyberspace". archive.wired.com. Wired Magazine. p. 5. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Suing Wikipedia: How a Dead Hacker Shut Down Wikipedia Germany". Spiegel Online. 20 January 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ Fred Thompson (24 June 1998). "Prepared Statement of Senator Fred Thompson, Chairman Committee on Governmental Affairs" (PDF). U.S. Federal Government.
- ^ Diane Frank; Paula Shaki Trimble (1999-12-22). "Feds leave doors open for hackers". CNN. Archived from the original on 2010-05-29. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
- ^ Hacker Mudge Gets DARPA Job