Gary McKinnon
accused of mounting the largest ever hack of United States government computer networks -- including Army, Air Force, Navy and NASA systems
Jonathan James
known as "cOmrade"
pleaded guilty to intercepting 3,300 email messages at one of the Defense Department's most sensitive operations and stealing data from 13 NASA computers, including some devoted to the new International Space Station.
Tsutomu Shimomura
One of the world's top computer security experts. Shimomura helped Federal officials track down and arrest computer hacker Kevin Mitnickin
Linus Torvalds
Father of Linux
Richard Stallman
founder of GNU Projects. Stallman, who prefers to be called rms, got his start hacking at MIT. He worked as a "staff hacker" on the Emacs project and others. He was a critic of restricted computer access in the lab. When a password system was installed, Stallman broke it down, resetting passwords to null strings, then sent users messages informing them of the removal of the password system.
el A. de Guzman
a Filipino computer student, Greatest Hacker of all time. He was creator of "Love Bug" virus that crippled computer e-mail systems worldwide.
Chen Ing-hau
creator of one of the deadly virus of all time "Chernobyl computer virus "
Mark Abene
better known by his pseudonym Phiber Optik, is a computer security hacker
he served a one-year prison sentence for conspiracy and unauthorized access to computer and telephone systems.
Jon Lech Johansen
became a hero to computer hackers and was deemed a villain by Hollywood, is on trial for writing and distributing a program called DeCSS, software which makes it possible to copy protected DVD films.
Kevin Mitnick
“the most wanted computer criminal in United States history.” His exploits were detailed in two movies: Freedom Downtime and Takedown.
