11 most famous hackers in the world - who are they?

This article will summarize the list of 11 most famous Hackers in the world based on aggregated sources from the Young Knowledge site.

In the history of internet development, there are many famous hackers, shocking the virtual world.

However, in order to be recorded in history, they can only be counted on their fingers, which means they must be extremely good at computers and among them there are also white hat hackers and black hat hackers.

So who are they ? Let's find out with TipsMake in this article right now!

#first. Loyd Blankenship 

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Loyd Blankenship (born 1965), he is nicknamed The Mentor.

He is one of the famous hackers since the 1970s and is a member of the hacker groups Extasyy Elite and Legion of Doom.

He is also the author of The Hacker Manifesto (originally titled 'The Conscience of a Hacker').

#2. The Masters of Deception

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In the 1980s, a group of hackers gathered together to create an organization called the Legion of Doom.

Accordingly, this organization was born with a "mission" to break into the networks of large corporations to wreak havoc.

But not long after, a few members of the organization decided to split the group to create a new rival organization of their own called Masters of Deception (MoD).

During its operation, the most notable victim of MoD was AT&T when this hacker group successfully broke into and destroyed their large-scale network system.

In 1992, MoD was discovered, some members of the group were sent to prison, the rest received suspended sentences.

#3. Adrian Lamo

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Adrian Lamo (born February 20, 1981), Colombian. Lamo is actually a notorious Hacker who can perform the destruction of secure connections from anywhere such as coffee shops, libraries, etc.

According to Adrian, he does this purely for entertainment and as a way to challenge himself.

Therefore, when breaking into the system, Adrian personally often informs the website owner about the security holes.

During the operation, he once added his name to the list of experts of the New York Times, a task that was considered extremely difficult at that time. Adrian was arrested in 2003.

He is also the one who denounced Bradley Manning, who provided Wikileaks with classified documents related to the US government.

#4. Sven Jaschan

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In 2004, the Internet world panicked because of a series of extremely fast-spreading viruses called Netsky and Sasser.

These two types of malicious code spread so quickly that in a short time it created up to 70% of the malware that was spreading on the Internet at that time.

It is surprising that behind all this is just a teenager named Sven Jaschan.

The guy was later arrested and had to appear in court, however, because he was still a minor, he only received a suspended sentence.

Although his background is no longer pure due to the crime of . treason, Sven's talent is still extremely sought after.

He was quickly accepted to work for a cybersecurity company to help them develop anti-virus solutions.

#5. David L. Smith

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David is the author of the famous virus named Melissa.

Accordingly, the original form of this virus was spread via email and it was the first virus that was successfully delivered to victims through this form.

Experts estimate the damage caused by the Melissa virus has reached 80 million USD. David was quickly arrested and sentenced to five years in prison.

#6. Stephen Wozniak (Steve Wozniak)

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You may not know that the co-founder of Apple was once a hacker.

When he was a student at the University of California, USA, he once created a device that allowed users to make long distance phone calls for free.

Not long after this time, Stephen began working with Steve Jobs and created the Apple Computer brand.

#7. Michael Calce

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Only 15 years old, Michael Calce was able to temporarily crash the system of famous services such as Yahoo, Amazon or eBay.

Using the codename MafiaBoy, Calce often crashes websites using denial of service (DoS) attacks.

Michael could have enjoyed his 'victory' to the fullest without being touched by the authorities if he hadn't bragged about his achievements on an online chat room.

As a result, Michael was sentenced to 8 months of house arrest plus a fine. He was also forced to restrict his use of the Internet.

#8. Robert Tappan Morris

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In 1988, a man with two bachelor's degrees from Cornell University and Harvard University named Robert Tappan Morris decided to test the size of the Internet.

He did this by creating a virus called Morris. The virus eventually infected up to 6,000 critical Unix computing devices, causing complete paralysis and causing millions of dollars in damage.

Currently, the disk that Morris used to record the virus on is on display at the Boston Science Museum, and Morris is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

#9. Kevin Poulsen

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Kevin started his hacker career by breaking into the phone system of a radio station and becoming the 102nd caller.

As a result, he won a Porsche. He has also broken into the phone network systems to activate old numbers or even destroy the database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Currently, Kevin is a writer for Wired News. More details you can see here.

#ten. Kevin Mitnick

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Kevin Mitnick does not want others to call him a hacker even though he personally broke into the systems of a series of large companies and corporations such as Nokia, Fujitsu or Motorola.

Kevin was arrested in 1995 and spent seven years in prison. Currently, he is the executive director of a consulting company providing security solutions for computer systems that he founded.

#11. Anonymous hacker group

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This is the most dangerous hacker group today, in the US as well as most technology companies in general, when hearing the name Anonymous, almost everyone feels a 'headache' with this dangerous hacker group.

However, in another aspect, this association of 'anonymous but not anonymous' attracts a large number of talented people to participate and support.

They all have the ideal of wanting to change the world with their own style based on the power of the online community.

11.1. What is Anonymous?

The name says it all, this is a group that represents a large, and largely 'anonymous' internet user community.

What makes Anonymous the most dangerous is that no one (including the members) knows how many Anonymous members worldwide.

The only symbol associated with this hacker group is the image of a man wearing a Guy Fawkes mask from the comic book 'V for Vendetta'.

This group works for personal purposes, mainly wanting to take control of the internet around the world.

They have attacked a series of government agencies' websites of the US, Russia, Israel, Tunisia, Uganda, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Nations ., online child sexual abuse sites, agencies. Copyright Office, the website of the Church of Scientology, the Motion Picture Association, the Recording Industry Association of America, a number of companies and financial institutions such as PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, Sony Corporation and most recently Australia.

The network attack makes these sites crippled for a short time (fast or slow recovery depends on the case). Collected data is not disclosed for the purpose of extortion or illicit gain.

11.2. Attack but not 'terrorist'…

Indeed, Anonymous seems to be able to bring down or disrupt most of the most powerful, most important, or most political websites…

However, they have never taken advantage of that to gain illicit profits or do illegal business. Anonymous has been identified as terrorist and sabotage.

The group was even listed as being involved in dangerous elements that needed to be arrested. So why are they not destroyed, but even stronger?

Admittedly, Anonymous usually does nothing more than cause a brief website disruption and administrators can restore everything to normal after the attack has passed.

This can only be seen as a bit 'sabotage'. Their targets are often large corporations with events that are questioned about safety and rights.

Rather, Anonymous's actions have the identity of an online protest and the goal of expressing the voice and views of the organization, to alarm as well as warn.

For example, when a drunk opened fire at the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system - BART's homepage was taken down to warn that the safety of customers is being overlooked, at least look. seen through the extremely lax online security aspect.

In addition, earlier this year, Anonymous posted a video with the title "Message to Al Qaeda, the self-proclaimed Islamic State of ISIS and many other terrorist organizations".

It calls for the implementation of a campaign called Operation Charlie Hebdo to attack and take down the websites and social media accounts of terrorist organizations.

'We, Anonymous all over the world, declare war on you, terrorists'.

It all shows us, Anonymous always keeps the principle of acting according to the majority, the criteria set is to represent the collective will and the interests will be the common good because when a goal is given, consensus is needed. consent and approval of most members will proceed.

That is why this organization is growing stronger and more sustainable. Currently, Anonymous has not announced any next attack targets, just like the name of the organization - they are anonymous and 'hidden and revealed'.

Above are the 11 most famous hacker/hacker groups in the world and I really admire their talent, if you know any other famous hacker, please comment below.

David Pac

Update 21 June 2022