Kevin Poulsen




Kevin  Poulsen popularly known as Dark Dunte in hacking circles is one of the most expert hackers in the world; Kevin Poulsen ‘s expertise lied in ;hacking phone lines, he got recognition as expert hacker after hacking Los Angeles radio’s KIIS-FM phone lines.

Kevin Poulson was very brave hacker, even FBI was not safe from his hacking, he hacked FBI database and federal wiretap information, after these incidents FBI started tracking Kevin,he got five years sentence for his crimes.



Kevin Mitnick



Kevin Mitnick, currently a computer security author and consultant, was once “the most wanted criminal in United States”; Kevin Mitnick started his hacking career by hacking Los Angeles bus card system, then after this he hacked phone networks, business secrets and even national defense warning system.

Kevin Mitnick was arrested, convicted and he got 8 years imprisonment punishment, some years ago two Hollywood movies” Take down” and “Freedom Downtime” were made on the hacking heroics of Kevin Mitnick.


Robert Morris



Robert Morris was first person in the United States, who was charged under 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; he created a very fatal internet virus, which according to an estimate destroyed 6000 computers; Morris was sentenced three years’ probation, 400 hours of community service and  $10,500 fine.

Morris is now a tenured professor at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. His focus is computer network architecture.


Adrian Lamo



Adrian Lamo,currently a notable public speaker and award winning journalist was once a expert hacker, who used to hack large corporations such as New York Times,Microsoft,Yahoo,Bank of America and Cingular.

Adrian has to pay $ 65000 for incursion into intranet of New York Times,he was also sentenced 6 months confinement and 2 years probation.




Jonathan James




“I was just having fun and looking around and enjoyed the challenge”, this is what renowned young hacker, Jonathan James Aka Comrade said upon his arrest by the police.

Jonathan James was very high profile hacker, his victims were very important organizations like Defense Threat Reduction Agency, NASA etc;Jonathan hacked computer passwords and user names of Defense Threat Reduction Agency by which he was able to check secret emails of this organization, James also hacked NASA computers and stole software valued at over $1.7 million , they had to shut down its entire computer system costing taxpayers $41,000.

Jonathan  James died in very strange circumstances, On May 18, 2008, Jonathan James was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His suicide was apparently motivated by the belief that he would be prosecuted for crimes he had not committed, by crime he was referring to TJX store chain’s massive computer intrusion that compromised the personal and credit information of millions of customers.