The Cyber Crime Hall of Fame

DigitalDame2 writes "Not all hackers are bad guys, but a few fall prey to the dark side and use their talents for evil — not good. In compiling this list of the craziest cyber crimes, PC Mag looked for a few things: ingenuity (had it been done before?), scope (how many computers, agencies, companies, sites, etc. did it affect?), cost (how much in monetary damages did it cause?), and historical significance (did it start a new trend?). Read on about famous hackers John Draper, Robert Morris, Kevin Poulsen, and others."

Trouble compiling

[Anonymous Coward]

In compiling this list of the craziest cyber crimes, PC Mag looked for a few things:

I'm having trouble replicating their results. I'm getting errors no matter which compiler I use. Did they use some expensive proprietary compiler?

They forgot one big hacker

[Anonymous Coward]

Michael Bolton.

The criminal mastermind who successfully laundered (To clean... no, I mean... to channel money through a source or by an intermediary.) thousands of dollars from his employer, Initech.

Like any great hacker, he was not caught due to the fact that all physical evidence of his crime disappeared...

Must be said!

[TheRealMindChild]

FREE KEVIN!

Gary McKinnon

[stewbee]

FTFA

Never underestimate the power of curiosity. In 2001 and 2002, British hacker Gary McKinnon gained access to Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA, Pentagon, and Department of Defense computers--97 in total--in a quest for evidence of flying saucers.

Why do I find this so funny!

Re:Must be said!

[Anonymous Coward]

He is actually Free Now... The slogan have since changed to "PUT KEVIN BACK!".

Oooh! Oooh! I know!

[$RANDOMLUSER]

PC Mag looked for a few things: ... scope (how many computers, agencies, companies, sites, etc. did it affect?), cost (how much in monetary damages did it cause?), and historical significance...

Windows 98?

Re:Must be said!

[TheRealMindChild]

I refuse to let the meme die! Even if it completely irrelevant. I will beat this horse until its organs stain my clothes.

Re:Must be said!

[g0dsp33d]

Please don't stop there.

Re:Gary McKinnon

[Anonymous Coward]

I do not know human. Tell me.

Re:Trouble compiling

[Anonymous Coward]

try turning off all the advertisements

Re:Must be said!

[Anonymous Coward]

He means free as in beer!

Free (as in beer) Kevin Mitnick!

Re:I know it's a pet peeve

[SPQR_Julian]

Only on Slashdot would a post explaining the technical differences between viruses, trojans, and worms be modded offtopic. Naturally, my mod points expired yesterday.

Could be a better article

[adona1]

They missed out the #1 hacker of all time, Matthew Broderick [wikipedia.org]. And Eugene "The Plague" Belford [wikipedia.org]...a very bad man.

My favorite Cybercrime

[Anonymous Coward]

was when Phil Zimmerman exported munitions to teh terrists!

Re:Anyone see something WRONG here?

[halcyon1234]

" In 2001 and 2002, British hacker Gary McKinnon gained access to Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA, Pentagon, and Department of Defense computers (97 in total) in a quest for evidence of flying saucers... Officials claim damages from his entry range close to $700,000... McKinnon is currently facing extradition to the U.S., which could mean up to 70 years in prison."

Anybody spot a GLARING, COMPLETELY LUDICROUS issue here?

Not really. He'll be serving those 70 years aboard an alien spaceship that will be moving near the speed of light. So for him, it'll only be, like, 1.5 months. And by the time he comes back, Our New Overlords will be common knowledge.

Re:They forgot one big hacker

[Pugwash69]

Guilty of releasing some awful albums too, if I remember correctly.

Re:Anyone see something WRONG here?

[Anonymous Coward]

Do you believe in capital punishment for streaking?

Depends what she looks like.

Re:They forgot one big hacker

[PitaBred]

I believe the term is "no-talent ass clown" ;)

Re:They forgot one big hacker

[PawNtheSandman]

Personally, I celebrate his entire catalog.

I'm Unimpressed

[Psion]

Not a single mention of that nefarious hacker, Rick Astley, who has managed to hijack so many hyperlinks to relevant videos in so many online discussions?

Re:Must be said!

[JoCat]

*With purchase of equal or lesser value.

Re:TFA is wrong

[theverylastperson]

For the record we here in the USA equally screw all nations, usually with the help of the puppet governments we install.

To imply that we only screw the UK is an insult, we've spent the last 8 years trying to prove to the world that we'll screw anybody for any reason possible.

I insist that when discussing how the US screws other countries you please remember that we would never limit this activiy to just the UK. We're just like a 16 year old boy, we'll screw anybody. To imply otherwise is simply barbaric and an insult to our leaders and everything they send others to die in their place for.

Re:Trouble compiling

[arth1]

An AC wrote:

try turning off all the advertisements

If you turn off the ads at your end, you're just a user.
If you turn off the ads at the server end, you're a hacker.