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Each attack that we will talk about today made a lot of noise in its time and firmly entered history.
Hello everyone, dear friends!
In this article, we would like to tell you about the 7 most famous hacks in history. Each attack that we will talk about today made a lot of noise in its time and firmly entered history.
Well, shall we move on to our TOP?
The Dutch-born hacker became a target of police interest in 2013. Kamphuis is the owner of CyberBunker, a provider that hosts Pirate Bay. But in addition to this well-known resource, his company hosted botnets, spammers, and other suspicious businesses.
In April 2013, he launched several powerful DDoS attacks on the servers of the anti-spam project Spamhaus Project, which blocked CyberBunker's IP address. According to the prosecution, the attack slowed the speed of the entire Internet, destabilizing the operation of several traffic exchange points.
Internet activists Anonymous are well known for computer attacks and high-profile actions within the framework of movements against internet censorship. They organized a large-scale operation "Operation Payback", deciding to take revenge on the systems Visa, MasterCard and PayPal when they refused to process payments addressed to WikiLeaks.
The websites of the listed companies were unavailable, and users were unable to make any types of payments.
The Russian hacker became famous in 1994 when he hacked into Citibank and stole $12 million. Most of the money was recovered, except for $250,000, which was never found.
The case is interesting because at the time of the cybercrime, the Russian Criminal Code did not even have an article under which Levin could be tried. Therefore, he was extradited to the United States, where he spent three years in prison.
This hacker broke into almost a hundred computers of the Ministry of Defense and deleted important files, which paralyzed the system for almost a day.
However, since 2001, when the grand hack took place, McKinnon has remained at large. Extradition is being blocked by the UK government due to the hacker's mental state, which experts believe could lead him to commit suicide.
What makes this NASA hack interesting is that Jonathan James was only 15 years old when the crime was committed. That's why he was able to avoid a ten-year prison sentence and got off with just six months of house arrest and a written apology to NASA and the Pentagon.
Poulsen specialized in telephone networks, playfully manipulating numbers and channels of different operators.
He became famous in 1993 after hacking into the phone system of Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM. As a result, he won several radio contests and "won" a Porsche 944 S2 as the 102nd caller.
What top hacker and hacker list could do without this name?
Kevin Mitnick is a natural-born hacker and social engineering genius known for his approach to hacking for fun rather than profit.[/B]
He began his "career" as a child, counterfeiting bus tickets and hacking telephone lines. At the age of 16, he reached the servers of the US Department of Defense via the ARPAnet, the predecessor of the Internet, and did so from a computer with a power of 2 megahertz.
With numerous hacks to his credit and a prison sentence during which he was unable to use a computer or phone, Mitnick now runs his own cybersecurity company.
Hello everyone, dear friends!
In this article, we would like to tell you about the 7 most famous hacks in history. Each attack that we will talk about today made a lot of noise in its time and firmly entered history.
Well, shall we move on to our TOP?
Attack on Spamhaus Project
Who hacked: Sven Olaf Kamphuis
The Dutch-born hacker became a target of police interest in 2013. Kamphuis is the owner of CyberBunker, a provider that hosts Pirate Bay. But in addition to this well-known resource, his company hosted botnets, spammers, and other suspicious businesses.
In April 2013, he launched several powerful DDoS attacks on the servers of the anti-spam project Spamhaus Project, which blocked CyberBunker's IP address. According to the prosecution, the attack slowed the speed of the entire Internet, destabilizing the operation of several traffic exchange points.
The "Retribution" campaign
Who organized it: Anonymous group
Internet activists Anonymous are well known for computer attacks and high-profile actions within the framework of movements against internet censorship. They organized a large-scale operation "Operation Payback", deciding to take revenge on the systems Visa, MasterCard and PayPal when they refused to process payments addressed to WikiLeaks.
The websites of the listed companies were unavailable, and users were unable to make any types of payments.
Citibank hack
Who hacked: Vladimir Levin
The Russian hacker became famous in 1994 when he hacked into Citibank and stole $12 million. Most of the money was recovered, except for $250,000, which was never found.
The case is interesting because at the time of the cybercrime, the Russian Criminal Code did not even have an article under which Levin could be tried. Therefore, he was extradited to the United States, where he spent three years in prison.
US Department of Defense hack
Who hacked: Harry McKinnon
This hacker broke into almost a hundred computers of the Ministry of Defense and deleted important files, which paralyzed the system for almost a day.
However, since 2001, when the grand hack took place, McKinnon has remained at large. Extradition is being blocked by the UK government due to the hacker's mental state, which experts believe could lead him to commit suicide.
NASA hack
Who hacked: Jonathan James
What makes this NASA hack interesting is that Jonathan James was only 15 years old when the crime was committed. That's why he was able to avoid a ten-year prison sentence and got off with just six months of house arrest and a written apology to NASA and the Pentagon.
Hacking the radio station KIIS-FM
Who hacked: Kevin Poulsen
Poulsen specialized in telephone networks, playfully manipulating numbers and channels of different operators.
He became famous in 1993 after hacking into the phone system of Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM. As a result, he won several radio contests and "won" a Porsche 944 S2 as the 102nd caller.
And another Pentagon hack
Who hacked: Kevin Mitnick
What top hacker and hacker list could do without this name?
Kevin Mitnick is a natural-born hacker and social engineering genius known for his approach to hacking for fun rather than profit.[/B]
He began his "career" as a child, counterfeiting bus tickets and hacking telephone lines. At the age of 16, he reached the servers of the US Department of Defense via the ARPAnet, the predecessor of the Internet, and did so from a computer with a power of 2 megahertz.
With numerous hacks to his credit and a prison sentence during which he was unable to use a computer or phone, Mitnick now runs his own cybersecurity company.
