Top 10 Black Hat Hackers 10. Vladimir Levin Vladimir Leonidovitch Levin is a Russian-born Jewish individual famed for his involvement in the attempt to fraudulently transfer US$10.7 million via Citibank's computers. 9. Albert Gonzalez Albert Gonzalez is an American computer hacker and computer criminal who is accused of masterminding the combined credit card theft and subsequent reselling of more than 170 million card and ATM numbers from 2005 through 2007—the biggest such fraud in history. Born: 1981 Education: South Miami High School 8. Kevin Poulsen Kevin Lee Poulsen is an American former black hat hacker who is a News Editor at Wired.com. Born: November 30, 1965, Pasadena, California, United States 7. Robert Tappan Morris Robert Tappan Morris is an American computer scientist, best known for creating the Morris Worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the Internet—and subsequently becoming the first person convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Born: November 8, 1965 Education: Harvard University (1999), Harvard University (1987), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cornell University 6. Michael Calce MafiaBoy was the Internet alias of Michael Demon Calce, a high school student from West Island, Quebec, who launched a series of highly publicized denial-of-service attacks in February 2000 against large commercial websites including Yahoo!, Fifa.com, Amazon.com, Dell, Inc., E*TRADE, eBay, and CNN. He also launched a series of failed simultaneous attacks against 9 of the 13 root name servers. 5. Kevin Mitnick Kevin David Mitnick is an American computer security consultant, author, convicted criminal, and hacker. In the late 20th century, he was convicted of various computer and communications-related crimes. Born: August 6, 1963, Los Angeles, California, United States Education: James Monroe High School 4. George Hotz George Francis Hotz, alias geohot, is an American hacker known for unlocking the iPhone, allowing the phone to be used with other wireless carriers, contrary to AT&T; and Apple's intent. Born: October 2, 1989, Glen Rock, New Jersey, United States Education: Rochester Institute of Technology, Bergen County Academies 3. Adrian Lamo Adrian Lamo is an American threat analyst and "gray hat" hacker. He first gained media attention for breaking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo!, and Microsoft, culminating in his 2003 arrest. Born: February 20, 1981, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Education: Lowell High School, American River College 2. Gary McKinnon Gary McKinnon is a Scottish systems administrator and hacker who was accused in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time,"although McKinnon himself -- who has a diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome -- states that he was merely looking for evidence of free energy suppression and a cover-up of UFO activity and other technologies potentially useful to the public. On 16 October 2012, after a series of legal proceedings in Britain, Home Secretary Theresa May withdrew her extradition order to the United States. Born: February 10, 1966, Glasgow, United Kingdom 1. Jonathan James Jonathan Joseph James, was an American hacker who was the first juvenile incarcerated for cybercrime in the United States. The South Florida native was 15 years old at the time of the first offense and 16 years old on the date of his sentencing. Born: December 12, 1983, United States of America Died: May 18, 2008

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