TOP 5
HACKERS - MOST DANGEROUS HACKERS THAT YOU MUST KNOW
Hackers means those people who uses computer, networking or
other skills to overcome a technical problem. The word Hacker has one other
meaning that is a person who uses
his/her abilities to gain unauthorized access to commit a crime.
There are mainly two types of hackers-
·
White Hat hacker.
·
Black Hat hacker.
White Hat Hackers – White hat hackers are the good hackers
of the hacking world and are also known as ethical hackers. Ethical hackers
helps the software companies by finding a bug or any virus in their software.
They also helps government to get the information of any criminal. To be an
ethical you should have college degree in IT or computer science and you must
have CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) certification to be an ethical hacker.
Black Hat Hackers – Black hat hackers are the bad hackers of
the hacking world, popularly known as crackers. They are people who use their
skills to get unauthorized access to anybody’s computer to steal personal information.
They find banks or companies with weak security and steal precious information
and money.
In this article I will provide you the information of 5 most
dangerous hackers in the hacking world.
Here's the list of 5 most dangerous hackers that you should know.
1.
Kevin Mitnick
He was one of the most dangerous black hat
hackers, popularly known as ‘THE CONDOR’. He was the god for many hackers. He
hacked the bus service of Los Angeles at very small age by which he can travel
anywhere free of cost.
As
he grown up his interest in coding increases. He was doing coding in many
companies like Nokia, Motorola and IBM. He even hacked Pentagon and stole
sensitive information of millions dollar.
In
1995 he was arrested for cybercrime. But he escapes from the jail become the
most wanted person of his time. He always used to say that he is not doing
hacking, he is only doing social engineering. Even a judge of FBI declared that
Kevin Mitnick can start a nuclear war by just call.
2.
Adrian Lamo
Black hat hackers steal money and fame.
White hat hacker do hacking to improve internet security. But Adrian Lamo was
known ass Grey hat hacker because he has done for either side.
He came in attention when he hacked many
high-profile companies like Yahoo, Microsoft, and many others. He was arrested
for getting unauthorized access in these companies. After arresting he claimed
that he was highlighting the loopholes in their system which can save lot of
money of these companies. But he arrested for 6 months and pay 65,000$ fine for
his act.
3.
Albert Gonzales
He was one of the most dangerous hackers.
He was a black hat hacker because his main purpose of hacking was to make
money. He also started a group called Shadowcrew group with the followers of
more than 4000 members on the website. He started teaching his website’s user
how to steal card information and how to steal money money. By the end of 2007
he hacked the computer system of the TJX group of retailers server and
information of 45 million cards.
4.
Gary McKinnon
Garry has performed the biggest computer
hack of his time and became one of the most dangerous hackers in the world. He
was not a black hat hacker or white hat hacker. He was known for hacking the
U.S. military computer servers and deleting the sensitive information. He had
done so to find the information of extra-terrestrial life.
5.
Nashon Even-Chaim
Nashon Even-Chaim was one of the most
dangerous hackers within a group of hackers called ‘The Realm’ which was based
out of Melbourne. He was also known as Phoenix. He targets Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Organisation, Berkley, NASA and many other companies
and organisations. He is now finding his carrer in music and don’t want to
interact with media.
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