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From Adrian Lamo to Vladimir Levin and from ANONYMOUS to PHONE LOSERS OF AMERICA, this book profiles the hackers and hacker groups who have shaken the world.
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Ḥackərṣ ṭḥaṭ ṣḥōōk ṭḥə ʷōrłḍ
Srinidhi Ravi Asian School of Cyber Laws
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Hackers that shook the world ! Srinidhi Ravi Asian School of Cyber Laws
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If you are good hacker everyone knows your name, if you are a great hacker no one knows who you are.
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Published in 2012 by Asian School of Cyber Laws. Copyright © 2012 by Asian School of Cyber Laws. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or otherwise used without prior written permission from the author unless such use is expressly permitted by applicable law. No investigation has been made of common-law trademark rights in any word. Words that are known to have current trademark registrations are shown with an initial capital and are also identified as trademarks. The inclusion or exclusion of any word, or its capitalization, in this book is not, however, an expression of the publisher's opinion as to whether or not it is subject to proprietary rights, nor is it to be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark. This book is provided "as is" and Asian School of Cyber Laws makes no representations or warranties, express or implied either in respect of this book or the software, websites and other information referred to in this book. By way of example, but not limitation, Asian School of Cyber Laws makes no representations or warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose or that the use of licensed software, database or documentation will not infringe any third party patents, copyrights, trademarks or other rights. 3|Page
The chosen case scenarios are for instructional purposes only and any association to an actual case and litigation is purely coincidental. Names and locations presented in the case scenarios are fictitious and are not intended to reflect actual people or places.
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Introduction ......................................................................................8
1. Adrian Lamo ....................................................................................... 14 10. Albert Gonzalez ............................................................................... 17 11. Alvi brothers ..................................................................................... 20 100. Chad Davis ...................................................................................... 22 101. Chen Ing-hau.................................................................................. 24 110. Clifford Stoll ................................................................................... 27 111. David Smith .................................................................................... 30 1000. Dennis Moran .............................................................................. 32 1001. Dmitry Sklyarov ......................................................................... 34 1010. Ehud Tenenbaum....................................................................... 37 1011. Frederick Cohen ......................................................................... 39 1100. Gary McKinnon ...............................................................