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What are some top US hackers of all time?

Asked by Marlon , Last updated: Dec 17, 2023

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Denton Perez

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Denton Perez, Professor, High School, Utah

Answered Dec 04, 2020

The first on my list is Gary McKinnon, who got access directly into the NASA channels. He infiltrated, by deleting some files, and also installing virus in 97 NASA and US military computers. This guy has a record for having the largest military system hack of all time. The second hacker to be mentioned is LulzSec, which is also referred to as Lulz Security.

This is a group of hackers that hacked News International, FBI, CIA, Scotland Yard, Sony, and several other prestigious accounts. Another is Kevin David Mitnick, who hacked Nokia, Pentagon, and Motorola. He is now a rich entrepreneur and a security consultant. Next is Kevin Poulsen, who was well known as Dark Dante. He infiltrated the call-in contest of a radio show so that he could win a Porsche. He now works at Wired as a Senior Editor. Some others include Jonathan James, Adrian Lamo, and many more.

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Bart

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Bart , Musician, BA, Lausanne

Answered Nov 18, 2020

Hackers have been a liability to companies, countries, and individuals in general. Most times, hackers take down a public website, which can be that of the government or a business organization, to steal their money or vital information. One of the most popular hackers is Kevin Mitnick; he started as a teen and grew better with time. Some of the companies he stole from including North American Defense Command, Pacific Bell, and the Digital Equipment Corporation. Another well-known hacker goes by the name Anonymous who started in 2003; this group is focused on social justice; they collaborated with LulzSec to hack government Websites successfully. Other hackers include Adrian Lamo; he was referred to as “The Homeless Hacker,” Albert Gonzalez, Mathew Bevan, and Richard Pryce, Jeanson James Ancheta, Michael Calce, Kevin Pousien, Jonathan James, ASTRA, and many more.
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Corné , College student, MBA, Geneva

Answered Nov 03, 2020

Hacking is a work known in the world of computing and is defined as an act of discovering and exploiting systems and vulnerabilities of a network to obtain unauthorized access to the system. However, those that carry out this function are identified as hackers. There is a number of them in the United States, and I will be listing out their names in this article. The hackers include Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Anonymous, Matthew Bevan, Albert Gonzalez, Richard Pryce, Jeanson James Ancheta, Michael Calce, Jonathan James, Kevin Poulsen, ASTRA, and many more. Kevin Mitnick hacked the North American Defense Command (NORAD) in 1982, and also hacked the Digital Equipment Corporation’s network (DEC) in 1989. Anonymous is a group of hackers that hacked into a Church of Scientology website and infiltrated it with all sorts of corrupt image. In 1996, Richard Pryce and Matthew Bevan hacked into several military networks. They have different cyber-crime that they committed; this is to mention a few.
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O. Bickis

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O. Bickis, Corporate employee, MBA, Stockton

Answered Oct 28, 2020

There are a lot of people who are considered to be really great hackers. One of the biggest hackers is considered to be Kevin Mitnick. One of the things that you will learn about him is that he started out as a teen and he became even better as he grew older. A lot of security awareness methods are based on what he can do. There are also other hackers that are known such as Adrian Lamo, Albert Gonzales, and also Kevin Poulsen. Another hacker is called Anonymous. What anonymous did is he collaborated with LulzSec. They were able to hack government websites successfully.
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A. Daniels

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A. Daniels, Professor, San Diego

Answered Oct 23, 2020

Every year, companies lose trillions of dollars due to hacking, which is the process of taking a system and exploiting it. The hacker does this to access the systems of the company. A hacker can access a company's confidential information, and they normally do so to blackmail the company for money. Over time, there have been many hackers who have been the best at what they do.

One of those is Kevin Mitnick. He stole from many companies, including the North American Defense Command, Pacific Bell, and the Digital Equipment Corporation. Another is the Anonymous group. They have been responsible for hacking high profile figure Twitter Accounts and political sites.

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