The hackers that caused the government so much damage were dangerous because they could hack any large company or program. In this post, we'll look at AK $word's top 5 hackers of all time.
KEVIN MITNICK: He is renowned as the "King of All Hackers," with nicknames such as the Condor and the Darkside Hacker Mitten Exploit, dating back to his childhood. He began taking advantage of the system in the late 1970s by deceiving the Los Angeles bus transfer system to obtain free trips. As he grew older, Mitnick continued hacking into big-name businesses like Nokia, Motorola, IBM, and eventually the Pentagon. Millions of dollars of information flowed through his hands before he was finally apprehended in 1995.
Scarcely thwarted, Mitnick eluded the FBI for three years and was the most sought computer criminal of his time before being sentenced to another four years in prison. At one point, a court deemed Mitnick to be so frightening that he was placed in solitary confinement.
Mitnick did not believe what he was hacking and referred to it respectfully as social engineering. He thought Mitnick could ignite a nuclear war by yelling codes into a payphone.
MATTHEW BEVAN and RICHARD PRICE: In their youth, Matthew Bevan and Richard Price, a hazardous British hacking pair, took the globe on a potentially deadly trip. They began by hacking into the Pentagon's network for many weeks in 1994, then stole war simulations.
They intercepted messages from US operatives stationed in North Korea and gained access to confidential material from a Korean nuclear plant if that wasn't enough. This was incredibly concerning to the United States since, at the time, Price and Bevin were infiltrating information from Korean networks using American technology.
Which, to put it bluntly, almost provoked an international incident you've probably heard about. You've undoubtedly heard about the notorious hacktivist organization Anonymous or just nonsprouting back in 2003, from the birthing grounds of 4chan, which almost triggered an international issue.
ANONYMOUS HACKER GROUP: Anonymous is made up of an unknown number of politically engaged hackers. This organization has targeted the Chinese government, the Vatican, the FBI, and the CIA in their battle for Internet social justice and transparency in the law.
During the aftermath of catastrophes like Charlie Hebdo, Michael Brown, and initiating large-scale protests, spending just as much time leaking information or shutting down websites with political aim. While personal assaults on KKK members may not be financially motivated, the information they've released and the influence they've had on cases and cover-ups are.
ASTRA(Unknown name): Even though Astra is the online pseudonym of a prominent hacker who spent half a decade in the mid-2000s, nothing is known about him. Astro would swiftly sell high-profile weapons technology data and software to persons and groups across Brazil, South Africa, the Middle East, and the rest of the world after stealing it.
Nobody knows how much money he was able to make or where the damages ended up. Even after all of the devastation he did, he is estimated to have cost between $250 and 300 million dollars. Even when Greek police caught and jailed this dangerous hacker in 2008, Astra was never officially named.
Even when Greek authorities captured and jailed this menacing hacker in 2008, Astra was never officially named. However, suspicions and rumors suggest that he is a 58-year-old Greek mathematician serving six years in prison.
GARY MCKINNON: During the year 2001, Gary McKinnon penetrated over 97 US military and NASA computers. Due to the severity of the damage, he destroyed essential data software and files, costing the US government 700,000 dollars in recovery expenses.
Your security system is rubbish, I am so low, I will continue to disrupt at the highest levels oddly, MacKinnon, who went by the pseudonym solo, taunted the military by writing your security system is trash, I am so low, I will continue to disrupt at the highest levels strangely. McKinnon wasn't searching for money, and it turns out he was only hunting for papers revealing evidence of extraterrestrial life, which he claims he discovered.
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