Born: May 6, 1973, St Louis, Missouri
Known as one of the “cheekiest [and] charismatic guys around,” Charlie Miller was born and raised in St. Louis, MO. As an undergraduate he went to Truman State University and gained a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Notre Dame. He then … Read More >>
Born: November 30, 1965, Pasadena, California
Kevin Poulsen grew up in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. At sixteen he was given his first computer, a Radio Shack TRS-80. As a boy he seemed to possess all the stereotypical traits of the “typical hacker.” He was said to … Read More >>
Born: June 10, 1974, Cardiff, Wales
Unlike more nefarious criminal types, Matthew Bevan was an amateur computer enthusiast whose curiosity, not maliciousness, got him into a world of trouble. While some of his early adventures included “phone phreaking,” (getting free phone calls along with other types of mischief to do … Read More >>
Born: February 10, 1966 – Glasgow, Scotland
Gary McKinnon spent his earliest years in Scotland and at age 14 got his first computer. From there he quickly learned the Basic computing language, and between the ages of 14 and 17 was totally “obsessed” with computers doing everything from writing his … Read More >>
Born: February 20, 1981 – Malden, Massachusetts
Died: March 14, 2018 – Wichita, Kansas
Adrian Lamo (Adrián Alfonso Lamo Atwood) was born in Massachusetts and eventually went to high school in both Colombia (his father was Colombian) and San Francisco, but did not graduate. He took to computers at … Read More >>