Top 10 Most Notorious Hackers of All Time

Top 10 Most Notorious Hackers of All Time

Matthew Bevan and Richard Pryce

In 1996, a group of British hackers led by Matthew Bevan and Richard Pryce broke into a number of military networks, including those at Griffiss Air Force Base, the Defense Information System Agency, and the Korean Atomic Research Institute (KARI). After dumping KARI research onto American military systems, Bevan (Kuji) and Pryce (Datastream Cowboy) have been charged with almost sparking a third world war. Bevan believes he was seeking evidence to support a UFO conspiracy idea, and the BBC has noted similarities between his case and that of Gary McKinnon. Bevan and Pryce showed that even military networks are susceptible, whether or not there is malicious intent.

Top 10 Most Notorious Hackers of All Time

Jeanson James Ancheta

Jeanson James Ancheta has no interest in disrupting networks to enact social justice or hacking systems to steal credit card information. Ancheta was more interested in the usage of bots, which are software-based robots that are capable of infecting and ultimately taking control of computer systems. In 2005, he was able to infiltrate more than 400,000 machines by using a number of sizable “botnets.” In addition to receiving payment to personally install bots or adware on particular computers, he allegedly rented these machines out to advertising businesses. This is according to Ars Technica. Ancheta received a 57-month jail term. This was the first instance of a hacker being imprisoned for using a botnet.

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