Kevin Mitnick was born on August 6, 1963 in Van Nuys, California, and describes himself during these early years as a “a happy-go-lucky kid, but bored.” His first great passion was magic, and as a young boy he became deeply interested in radio technologies as both a ham operator and … Read More >>
On February 11, 2001, a 20 year old Dutch student named Jan de Wit unleashed the infamous worm virus known as the “Anna Kournikova Virus” onto the world. On that day in February, using the handle “OnTheFly,” he posted the worm into a newsgroup and it quickly began doing its … Read More >>
In the fall of 2016 Josiah White, Paras Jha, and Dalton Norman unleashed the Mirai malware into the world and were responsible for massive DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks that crippled huge swaths of the internet.
The goal behind the release of the malware was to hijack thousands of … 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 >>