Five Famous and Most Dangerous Hackers in the World
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VIVA – Currently, the name Bjorka has become a public talk because of his actions in hacking and dismantling government data. As it turns out that Bjorka is not the only hacker in the world's most dangerous. Hacking is dangerous activity on PC systems, hacking tends to criminals.
Hacking PC systems is often done through scripts or another system programming. These programs usually manipulate data over a network connection.
Several highly skilled hackers usually work for Business companies and government agencies with jobs to protect that software and government data from enemy hackers.
Here are the famous and most dangerous hackers in the world, reported via whatinsider.com:
1. Kevin Mitnick
Hacker kontroversial Kevin Mitnick
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Kevin Mitnick is famous as a mythological hacker who hacked the system when he was 16 years old. At one point, he ran away and was a fugitive for over two years, all the time hacking networks, stealing passwords, copying software with very valuable owners, and usually causing trouble.
Mitnick is the inspiration behind the iconic film War Games. For now, he runs his own security company. He is still known as the best hacker in the world. He hacked just for fun rather than for money. His current job is paid a lot of money by a company.?
Ilustrasi hacker.
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Julian Assange is known as a responsible hacker at young age. Before Assange became an enemy of the United States, he presented himself as an enemy of all kinds of institutions. The Guardian wrote a lengthy feature about this hacker's life as a young man.
The Guardian said he went through 37 different schools and dropped out without qualification. He helped to write the 1997 book "Tales of Hacking, Madness & Obsession on the Electronic Frontier" which proved that he is the most dangerous hacker and genius.
3. Jonathan James
Jonathan James Hacker
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Jonathan James is a man who does serious damage and blows the minds of security experts. At that time, James was 15 years old and managed to hack into his local school system. At the same age, he managed to hack the United States Department of Defense and get a lot of information.
The young man from Florida is a genius and he also decided to hack NASA. He downloaded information relating to the workings of the International Space Station, and the data had a value of US$1.7 million.
4. Yu Pingan
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Yu Pingan's 2015 hack was one of the biggest he's ever done. This hack is known as the OPM (Office of Personnel Management) hack, which is information about any person or consultant who has worked for the US government over the past 50 years.
He even managed to have all the information about the CIA, the FBI undercover, and all kinds of special operators.
In 2017, a Chinese citizen named Yu Pingan was arrested for the hack. He was charged with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and conspiracy to defraud the US.
5. Garry McKinnon
Ilustrasi Hacker
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Garry McKinnon comes from Scotland. He is the greatest military computer hacker of all time. It was said that between February 2001 and March 2002, he hacked nearly 100 NASA and US military computers.
Many said that he managed to temporarily paralyze the military and render the computers so significant for controlling parts of the armed forces completely inoperable. This action creates a big problem.
