In this list you will find some well known personalities who were hackers.
They either hacked into computer or telephone systems and some created computer viruses.
Some of them were also sentenced to jail and then released.
Some security companies also hired these hackers to work for them.
He is well known as The Mentor, he wrote The Hacker Manifesto after he was arrested in 1986.
He supported hackers and maintained that they only do hacking so you can assure their interest.
He bypassed the phone system to get to get free calls while studying at the University of California.
After hacking into phone system, he was able to make calls for free.
After his hacking career, he started working with Steve Jobs to develop Apple Computer.
Its primary target was to hack into the networks of big corporations.
This hacking group was based in New York and gave their team title MoD (Masters of Deception).
However the members of the team were put behind the bars or sentenced in the year 1992.
However, he did it for his own entertainment or to summon anyone.
He claimed to be an expert by after attaching his name to the database of the New York Times.
He was also held responsible for leaking government to Wikileaks.
He was later arrested in the year 2003.
These malwares grew quickly in short span of time.
Shockingly, the culprit behind these malwares was a teenager namely Sven Jaschan.
He was put behind the bars and later was hired by security company to fight computer viruses.
#5 David L. Smith
During the initial stage of Internet, discussions on internet was trend.
Also, till now topics on sex were among most discussed topics on the internet.
David L Smith found that this time is the golden opportunity to spread Mellisa virus.
Experts estimated that this virus caused damages worth $80 Million.
He was sentenced and put behind the bars.
He was using the name asMafia Boyand hacked into business sites.
Later he was sentenced and put behind the bars for 8 months and was also fined.
Also, he was confined from using the Internet.
However, this worm affected over 6,000 UNIX devices and caused damages worth millions of dollars.
He was later arrested and fined.
He is now the the professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He also hacked into phone system on order to reactivate the old numbers.
#1 Kevin Mitnick
Kevin Mitnick hates of being called a hacker.
He claimed to be a social engineer.
He has also hacked into systems of Motorola, Nokia and Fujitsu.
Later, he was put behind the bars in 1995 and imprisoned for 5 years.
He is now security consultant.
So, this is all about the hackers who made history.
Even Bill Gates claimed that he hacked his school computers to meet girls.
However, we dont have sufficient details to include him in this list.
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