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This is a list of notable hackers who are known for their hacking acts.

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A

  • Mark Abene (Phiber Optik){{cite news|last1=Gabriel|first1=Trip|title=Reprogramming a Convicted Hacker; To His On-Line Friends, Phiber Optik Is a Virtual Hero|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/14/nyregion/reprogramming-convicted-hacker-his-line-friends-phiber-optik-virtual-hero.html|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=17 March 2015|date=14 January 1995}}
  • Ryan Ackroyd (Kayla){{cite web|last1=Bright|first1=Peter|title="The cutting edge of cybercrime"—Lulzsec hackers get up to 32 months in jail|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/05/the-cutting-edge-of-cybercrime-lulzsec-hackers-get-up-to-32-months-in-jail/|website=Ars Technica|accessdate=17 March 2015|date=16 May 2013}}
  • Mustafa Al-Bassam (Tflow)
  • Mitch Altman{{cite web|last1=Tweney|first1=Dylan|title=DIY Freaks Flock to 'Hacker Spaces' Worldwide|url=https://www.wired.com/2009/03/hackerspaces/|website=wired.com|publisher=Wired|date=29 March 2009}}{{cite web|author1=Emmanuel Goldstein|author-link=Eric Corley|author2=Mitch Altman|author3=Bre Pettis|author4=[dot]Ret|author5=Bernie S.|author6=Jim Vichench|author7=Rob Vincent|author8=Mike Castleman|title=Off The Hook 13 January|url=http://www.2600.com/offthehook/2010/0110.html|publisher=Off The Hook, 2600: The Hacker Quarterly, WBAI|format=MP3|date=13 January 2010}}
  • Jacob Appelbaum (ioerror){{cite magazine|last1=Rich|first1=Nathaniel|authorlink1=Nathaniel Rich (novelist)|title=The American Wikileaks Hacker|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/meet-the-american-hacker-behind-wikileaks-20101201|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=21 March 2015|date=1 December 2010}}
  • Julian Assange (Mendax){{cite news|last1=Assange|first1=Julian|title=Julian Assange: 'I am – like all hackers – a little bit autistic'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/julian-assange-i-am-ndash-like-all-hackers-ndash-a-little-bit-autistic-2358654.html|newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 September 2011}}{{cite news|last1=Moss|first1=Stephen|title=Julian Assange: the whistleblower|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jul/14/julian-assange-whistleblower-wikileaks|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=21 March 2015|date=13 July 2010}}
  • Andrew Auernheimer (weev){{cite magazine|last1=Zetter|first1=Kim|title=Appeals Court Overturns Conviction of AT&T Hacker 'Weev'|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/04/att-hacker-conviction-vacated/|magazine=Wired|publisher=Wired}}

B

  • Loyd Blankenship (The Mentor){{cite book|last=Sterling|first=Bruce|author-link=Bruce Sterling|title=The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier|url=https://archive.org/details/hackercrackdownl00ster|url-access=registration|year=1991|publisher=Bantam Books|isbn=0-553-56370-X}}
  • Erik Bloodaxe
  • Jonathan Brossard
  • Barrett Brown
  • Max Butler

C

D

E

F

  • Ankit Fadia
  • Bruce Fancher (Dead Lord){{cite magazine|last1=Penenberg|first1=Adam L.|title=Hacking the corporate ladder|url=https://www.forbes.com/1997/10/10/feat.html|magazine=Forbes|date=10 October 1997}}

G

H

I

J

  • The Jester (hacktivist)
  • Jonathan James
  • Joybubbles (Joe Engressia, Highrise Joe){{cite news|last1=Rosenbaum|first1=Ron|title=Secrets of the Little Blue Box|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/the_spectator/2011/10/the_article_that_inspired_steve_jobs_secrets_of_the_little_blue_.html|work=slate.com (7 October 2011).|publisher=Esquire Magazine|date=October 1971}}{{cite book|author1=Phil Lapsley|author2=Steve Wozniak|title=Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell|url=https://archive.org/details/explodingphoneun0000laps|url-access=registration|date=January 2013|publisher=Grove Press|isbn=9780802120618}}{{cite news|last1=Martin|first1=Douglas|title=Joybubbles, 58, Peter Pan of Phone Hackers, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/us/20engressia.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 August 2007}}

K

L

  • Adrian Lamo{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.04/hacker_pr.html |title=Wired 12.04: The Homeless Hacker v. The New York Times |magazine=Wired |accessdate=August 25, 2013 |last1=Kahn |first1=Jennifer }}
  • Chris Lamprecht (Minor Threat){{cite web|last1=Heiman|first1=J.D.|title=Banned from the Internet|url=http://www.paranoia.com/~mthreat/swing.html|publisher=Swing Magazine|accessdate=4 April 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980215154642/http://www.paranoia.com/~mthreat/swing.html|archivedate=15 February 1998|pages=70–75|date=March 1997}}
  • Gordon Lyon (Fyodor)

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

  • Ehud Tenenbaum{{cite news|last=Reed|first=Dan|title=Whiz-kid hacker caught|url=http://www.mercurycenter.com/archives/reprints/hacker110698.htm|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News|date=November 6, 1998|author2=Wilson, David L.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001007150311/http://www.mercurycenter.com/archives/reprints/hacker110698.htm|archivedate=October 7, 2000}}
  • Cris Thomas (Space Rogue){{cite news |last=Penenberg |first=Adam |date=7 Feb 2000 |title=Space Rogue |url=https://www.forbes.com/2000/02/07/penenberg_0207.html#2692fae510da |work=Forbes |location=USA |access-date=25 May 2018}}
  • John Threat{{cite web|author1=Michelle Slatalla|author2=Joshua Quittner|title=Gang War in Cyberspace|url=http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.12/hacker.html|website=archive.wired.com|publisher=Wired Magazine|accessdate=28 March 2015|page=5|date=December 1994}}
  • Topiary
  • Tron (Boris Floricic){{cite news|title=Suing Wikipedia: How a Dead Hacker Shut Down Wikipedia Germany|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/suing-wikipedia-how-a-dead-hacker-shut-down-wikipedia-germany-a-396307.html|work=Spiegel Online|accessdate=28 March 2015|language=english|date=20 January 2006}}
  • Justine Tunney

U

V

W

  • Steve Wozniak
  • Chris Wysopal (Weld Pond){{cite web|author1=Fred Thompson|author-link=Fred Thompson|title=Prepared Statement of Senator Fred Thompson, Chairman Committee on Governmental Affairs|url=http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/download/?id=7ef5e7ad-2005-4006-801f-9b9c65839ded|publisher=U.S. Federal Government|format=PDF|date=24 June 1998}}
  • Robert Willis

X

Y

  • YTCracker{{cite news | url = http://archives.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/22/feds.easy.hack.idg/index.html | title = Feds leave doors open for hackers | publisher = CNN | date = 1999-12-22 | author1 = Diane Frank | author2 = Paula Shaki Trimble | access-date = 2015-03-21 | archive-date = 2010-05-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100529042726/http://archives.cnn.com/1999/TECH/computing/12/22/feds.easy.hack.idg/index.html | url-status = dead }}

Z

  • Peiter Zatko (Mudge)[http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10450552-245.html Hacker Mudge Gets DARPA Job]

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See also

References

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Category:Hacker culture

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