Five "Great Villains" of the Internet
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 03/30/2016 06:28 AM
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These are the great villains of the internet.
2) “The homeless hacker” who betrayed Bradley Manning. Adrian Lamo is known as “The homeless hacker” because he was always traveling. He was later arrested for stealing data from more than 2,000 subscribers of The New York Times. In 2002, he was sentenced to six months of house arrest and two months of probation for the above crime.
3) “Soupnazi”: 170 million credit cards hacked from Miami Beach. He is the person responsible for one of the largest identity thefts in the history of the Internet. He gained access to accounts and stole more than 170 million credit cards from users worldwide. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
4) The St. Petersburg hacker who stole $10 million from Citibank network. Levin managed to steal $10 million from Citibank clients, all from his apartment in St. Petersburg. He was extradited to the United States, where he was sentenced to serve three years in prison and pay a fine of $240,015 (plus return all of the stolen money). It is believed that Levin could be part of an organized group (leading it or taking orders) connected to the Russian mafia.
5) The Most Wanted cyber-criminal in the United States. Kevin Mitnick’s case is probably the most controversial in Internet history. In 1983, he managed to hack into the Pentagon network and into the systems of very large corporations (similar to Nokia or Motorola). After serving five years in prison, Mitnick decided to leave the dark side of the Net. He now runs a security company.
Source: Panda Security
2) “The homeless hacker” who betrayed Bradley Manning. Adrian Lamo is known as “The homeless hacker” because he was always traveling. He was later arrested for stealing data from more than 2,000 subscribers of The New York Times. In 2002, he was sentenced to six months of house arrest and two months of probation for the above crime.
3) “Soupnazi”: 170 million credit cards hacked from Miami Beach. He is the person responsible for one of the largest identity thefts in the history of the Internet. He gained access to accounts and stole more than 170 million credit cards from users worldwide. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
4) The St. Petersburg hacker who stole $10 million from Citibank network. Levin managed to steal $10 million from Citibank clients, all from his apartment in St. Petersburg. He was extradited to the United States, where he was sentenced to serve three years in prison and pay a fine of $240,015 (plus return all of the stolen money). It is believed that Levin could be part of an organized group (leading it or taking orders) connected to the Russian mafia.
5) The Most Wanted cyber-criminal in the United States. Kevin Mitnick’s case is probably the most controversial in Internet history. In 1983, he managed to hack into the Pentagon network and into the systems of very large corporations (similar to Nokia or Motorola). After serving five years in prison, Mitnick decided to leave the dark side of the Net. He now runs a security company.
Source: Panda Security
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