The top 10 hacks of all time - GoFuckYourself.com

mrgica · 11-29-2005, 10:36 AM

1983

Kevin Poulsen again. A little-known incident when Poulsen, then just a student, hacked into Arpanet, the precursor to the Internet was hacked into. Arpanet was a global network of computers, and Poulsen took advantage of a loophole in its architecture to gain temporary control of the US-wide network.

1988

Twenty-three-year-old Cornell University graduate Robert Morris unleashed the first Internet worm on to the world. Morris released 99 lines of code to the internet as an experiment, but realised that his program infected machines as it went along. Computers crashed across the US and elsewhere. He was arrested and sentenced in 1990.

1990

When a Los Angeles area radio station announced a contest that awarded a Porsche 944S2 for the 102nd caller, Kevin Poulsen took control of the entire city's telephone network, ensured he is the 102nd caller, and took away the Porsche beauty. He was arrested later that year and sentenced to three years in prison. He is currently a senior editor at Wired News.

1993

They called themselves Masters of Deception, targeting US phone systems. The group hacked into the National Security Agency, AT&T, and Bank of America. It created a system that let them bypass long-distance phone call systems, and gain access to private lines.

1995

Kevin Mitnick, often incorrectly called by many as god of hackers, broke into the computer systems of the world's top technology and telecommunications companies Nokia, Fujitsu, Motorola, and Sun Microsystems. He was arrested by the FBI in 1995, but later released on parole in 2000. He never termed his activity hacking, instead he called it social engineering.

1995

Russian computer geek Vladimir Levin effected what can easily be called The Italian Job online - he was the first person to hack into a bank to extract money. Early 1995, he hacked into Citibank and robbed $10 million. Interpol arrested him in the UK in 1995, after he had transferred money to his accounts in the US, Finland, Holland, Germany and Israel.

1996

US hacker Timothy Lloyd planted six lines of malicious software code in the computer network of Omega Engineering which was a prime supplier of components for NASA and the US Navy. The code allowed a "logic bomb" to explode that deleted software running Omega's manufacturing operations. Omega lost $10 million due to the attack.

1999

The Melissa virus was the first of its kind to wreak damage on a global scale. Written by David Smith (then 30), Melissa spread to more than 300 companies across the world completely destroying their computer networks. Damages reported amounted to nearly $400 million. Smith was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison.

2000

MafiaBoy, whose real identity has been kept under wraps because he is a minor, hacked into some of the largest sites in the world, including eBay, Amazon and Yahoo between February 6 and Valentine's Day in 2000. He gained access to 75 computers in 52 networks, and ordered a Denial of Service attack on them. He was arrested in 2000.

2002

Englishman Gary McKinnon was arrested in November 2002 following an accusation that he hacked into more than 90 US military computer systems in the UK. He is currently undergoing trial in a British court for a "fast-track extradition" to the US where he is a wanted man. The next hearing in the case is slated for today.

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Maxy · 11-29-2005, 10:42 AM

Interesting. Funny about the guy claiming the porsche and become senior editor or Wired.

Drake · 11-29-2005, 10:44 AM

That's wicked

wdsguy · 11-29-2005, 10:45 AM

HACK DA GIBSON.

Actually these are not the top 10 hacks of all time, these only include the ones we know about.

gangbangjoe · 11-29-2005, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wdsguy

HACK DA GIBSON.

Actually these are not the top 10 hacks of all time, these only include the ones we know about.

bing0

PAR · 11-29-2005, 10:47 AM

mid-1970s Hack
Classic Hack

PAR · 11-29-2005, 10:48 AM

2000

MafiaBoy, whose real identity has been kept under wraps because he is a minor, hacked into some of the largest sites in the world, including eBay, Amazon and Yahoo between February 6 and Valentine's Day in 2000. He gained access to 75 computers in 52 networks, and ordered a Denial of Service attack on them. He was arrested in 2000.

MafiaBoy was not a hacker he was a script kiddy....

StuartD · 11-29-2005, 10:48 AM

top 10 hacks that had been caught.

I'm sure there's been some others topping those that have yet to be caught.

11-29-2005, 10:49 AM

great post! I used to be fascinated by hacking when I was younger

Drake · 11-29-2005, 10:49 AM

Are there any high profile female hackers or is this strictly a male phenom thus far?

wdsguy · 11-29-2005, 10:49 AM

The mafiaboy one wasn't even a hack, he hacked into vulnerable edu boxs and made a ddos net then proceeded to take down ebay, etc. It was a ddos attack on major companies but he never gained access to their machines.

Dalai lama · 11-29-2005, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wdsguy

HACK DA GIBSON.

Actually these are not the top 10 hacks of all time, these only include the ones we know about.

What he said

hjnet · 11-29-2005, 11:00 AM

Hmm, they all were/are/will be in prison, if I imagine how much money they could have made legally with their skills I'd rename that list to "Top 10 Idiots of all time"

JamesK2 · 11-29-2005, 11:04 AM

That's some funny shit.

swedguy · 11-29-2005, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hjnet

Hmm, they all were/are/will be in prison, if I imagine how much money they could have made legally with their skills I'd rename that list to "Top 10 Idiots of all time"

Many start out on the "wrong side of the fence" and then understands that there's more money to be made on the other side, or get picked up by companies who sees the value in that person. You learn more by being the attacker than the defender.

... so I've heard.

split_joel · 11-29-2005, 12:11 PM

top 10 hacks my ass most of these are pethedic, there are far greater hacks that happen everyday that YOU DONT even know about.

Downtime · 11-29-2005, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maxy

Interesting. Funny about the guy claiming the porsche and become senior editor or Wired.

Yeah a lot of hackers end up getting huge offers from security firms since they know so much.

Doctor Dre · 11-29-2005, 12:20 PM

ROFL @ mafia boy ... he didn't even know what he was doing

bashbug · 11-29-2005, 12:24 PM

funny, trivia, why was it called the gibson.

bashbug · 11-29-2005, 12:29 PM

oh and kevin poulsen works for

www.securityfocus.com

and is the main editor/writer for the biggest security site online today

and a bunch of ex hackers formed

www.iss.net

in 94 and have 35 offices and is on the nasdaq.

GonZo · 11-29-2005, 12:46 PM

This Kevin Mitnick?

http://www.gonzomovies.com/evilhacker.wmv

Dirty Dane · 11-29-2005, 01:31 PM

Dont forget:

1983: A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III

aka 'War Games'

Tom_PM · 11-29-2005, 01:35 PM

There is a great story called (I think) The KGB, the Computer and Me.
PBS ran it once back in the 80's.

Tom_PM · 11-29-2005, 01:38 PM

Ah I guess it was 1990 that it aired:
http://shop.wgbh.org/webapp/wcs/stor...0051&langId=-1

HarrytheNazi · 11-29-2005, 01:41 PM

...good times.

Young · 11-29-2005, 01:55 PM

these cocksuckers all got caught...not so "great" if you ask me.

ElvisManson · 11-29-2005, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wdsguy

HACK DA GIBSON.

Actually these are not the top 10 hacks of all time, these only include the ones we know about.

Is Gibson still around?

ATKCash · 11-29-2005, 02:00 PM

karlm · 11-29-2005, 02:02 PM

Surely the good ones are the ones that dont get caught lol

nofx · 11-29-2005, 02:09 PM

attrition.org for life niggah's

defacing stuff was fun

Theodor S. Geisel · 11-29-2005, 02:10 PM

Of course, everyone remembers the time that these two kids were at school and started hacking the large companies for money. Well, one kid went for pizza and the other got caught. They met up years later, though. After the one kid got out of prison he made his own "toy" company.

luedi · 11-29-2005, 02:15 PM

bright minds that werent quite bright enough - the system got them in the end - bummer

Manowar · 11-29-2005, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarrytheNazi

...good times.

nofx · 11-29-2005, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luedi

bright minds that werent quite bright enough - the system got them in the end - bummer

LOL wtf you talking about ??

Quote:

Damages reported amounted to nearly $400 million. Smith was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison.

only 5 years for causing 400 million dollars of destruction?

thats fucking awesome

the whole 9/11 attack damaged cost a few billion and this dude didnt have to kill anyone.

bashbug · 11-29-2005, 02:21 PM

and it was called the gibson in the movie for the supercomputer cause they didnt have the rights for the cray.

Theodor S. Geisel · 11-29-2005, 03:17 PM

I'm sure "Gibson" was a tribute to "William Gibson". I would like to think that, anyway.

Violetta · 11-29-2005, 03:42 PM

All of those are not hacking! Some of those examples are called cracking!

GonZo · 11-29-2005, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarrytheNazi

...good times.

Kevin is free and living well... I dont think he eats hot dogs... but he will tear up a steak at Delmonicos!

Brent_Moe · 11-29-2005, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirty Dane

Dont forget:

1983: A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III

aka 'War Games'

..and why I haven't seen this on CNN?

NinjaSteve · 11-29-2005, 11:35 PM

Iiiiiiiiiiinteresting. Mafia Boy is a lamer though.

BoNgHiTtA · 11-29-2005, 11:46 PM

LOL that classic hack one further down is the best.

chadglni · 11-29-2005, 11:47 PM

Ytcracker???!?

adonthenet · 11-29-2005, 11:53 PM

thats a great post.. thanks for sharing!

fuzebox · 11-30-2005, 12:03 AM

What a ridiculous list, what retard wrote this?

fuzebox · 11-30-2005, 12:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maxy

Interesting. Funny about the guy claiming the porsche and become senior editor or Wired.

Kevin Poulsen is a fucking legend... If I recall correctly, he won a car for his best friend and tried to win his third before he was caught.

He was writing for tech journals for years after released from jail, but only in the recent years has been allowed to come into physical contact with a real computer.

OY · 11-30-2005, 12:08 AM

How about Jon Lech Johansen that made copying DVD movies a breeze?

Dirty Dane · 11-30-2005, 12:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brent_Moe

..and why I haven't seen this on CNN?

lol.. u kidding, right?
I cant even remember if CNN was broadcasting back then. At least I had no such thing as cable here

The Captain · 11-30-2005, 12:20 AM

cool read thanks for posting!

Vitasoy · 11-30-2005, 12:31 AM

Intriguing to say the least, love read stuff like this

SmokeyTheBear · 11-30-2005, 01:01 AM

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mrgica Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,169	The top 10 hacks of all time 1983 Kevin Poulsen again. A little-known incident when Poulsen, then just a student, hacked into Arpanet, the precursor to the Internet was hacked into. Arpanet was a global network of computers, and Poulsen took advantage of a loophole in its architecture to gain temporary control of the US-wide network. 1988 Twenty-three-year-old Cornell University graduate Robert Morris unleashed the first Internet worm on to the world. Morris released 99 lines of code to the internet as an experiment, but realised that his program infected machines as it went along. Computers crashed across the US and elsewhere. He was arrested and sentenced in 1990. 1990 When a Los Angeles area radio station announced a contest that awarded a Porsche 944S2 for the 102nd caller, Kevin Poulsen took control of the entire city's telephone network, ensured he is the 102nd caller, and took away the Porsche beauty. He was arrested later that year and sentenced to three years in prison. He is currently a senior editor at Wired News. 1993 They called themselves Masters of Deception, targeting US phone systems. The group hacked into the National Security Agency, AT&T, and Bank of America. It created a system that let them bypass long-distance phone call systems, and gain access to private lines. 1995 Kevin Mitnick, often incorrectly called by many as god of hackers, broke into the computer systems of the world's top technology and telecommunications companies Nokia, Fujitsu, Motorola, and Sun Microsystems. He was arrested by the FBI in 1995, but later released on parole in 2000. He never termed his activity hacking, instead he called it social engineering. 1995 Russian computer geek Vladimir Levin effected what can easily be called The Italian Job online - he was the first person to hack into a bank to extract money. Early 1995, he hacked into Citibank and robbed $10 million. Interpol arrested him in the UK in 1995, after he had transferred money to his accounts in the US, Finland, Holland, Germany and Israel. 1996 US hacker Timothy Lloyd planted six lines of malicious software code in the computer network of Omega Engineering which was a prime supplier of components for NASA and the US Navy. The code allowed a "logic bomb" to explode that deleted software running Omega's manufacturing operations. Omega lost $10 million due to the attack. 1999 The Melissa virus was the first of its kind to wreak damage on a global scale. Written by David Smith (then 30), Melissa spread to more than 300 companies across the world completely destroying their computer networks. Damages reported amounted to nearly $400 million. Smith was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison. 2000 MafiaBoy, whose real identity has been kept under wraps because he is a minor, hacked into some of the largest sites in the world, including eBay, Amazon and Yahoo between February 6 and Valentine's Day in 2000. He gained access to 75 computers in 52 networks, and ordered a Denial of Service attack on them. He was arrested in 2000. 2002 Englishman Gary McKinnon was arrested in November 2002 following an accusation that he hacked into more than 90 US military computer systems in the UK. He is currently undergoing trial in a British court for a "fast-track extradition" to the US where he is a wanted man. The next hearing in the case is slated for today. Source: http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=11072&CatID=5 __________________ Fuck it dude, lets go bowling

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PAR Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,835	mid-1970s Hack Classic Hack

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buddyjuf Guest Posts: n/a	great post! I used to be fascinated by hacking when I was younger

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hjnet Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: European Union Posts: 3,815	Hmm, they all were/are/will be in prison, if I imagine how much money they could have made legally with their skills I'd rename that list to "Top 10 Idiots of all time"

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bashbug Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Boston Posts: 929	funny, trivia, why was it called the gibson.

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