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  • - And we're in!

  • So hacking has been a popular topic for a long time.

  • Especially in the last few weeks

  • with the internet's recent Heartbleed vulnerability

  • that left millions of people's information open to hackers.

  • But many people don't know that there

  • are actually two types of hackers.

  • The first kind are called "white hat" hackers,

  • which are the ones that are ethical

  • and do things like diagnose security flaws.

  • But the second kind are called "black hat" hackers,

  • and those are the ones that commit cyber crimes

  • for financial gain, or just to cause major damage

  • for the lolz, and that's the group that this video is about.

  • So this week I gathered the smartest,

  • and most desctructive Black hat hackers

  • that have ever lived to share with you guys.

  • So here they are:

  • Kevin Mitnick is considered the poster child

  • of computer hacking and was once

  • the most wanted cyber criminal in the world.

  • He had an obsession with computers

  • that escalated into a two and a half year

  • hacking spree where he stole millions

  • of dollars of corporate secrets from IBM,

  • Motorola, telephone companies,

  • and even the National Defense Warning System.

  • He was caught and jailed twice for his crimes

  • but is now a computer security consultant

  • and published author.

  • Interestingly, he always preferred the term

  • "social engineer" over hacker which is weird

  • because let's just call it what it is, he was a hacker.

  • That's like calling a cannibal

  • an "intraspecies diner" ...yeah, it doesn't work.

  • Vladimir Levin was a Russian hacker

  • of genius proportions.

  • In 1994, while working with a dial up connection

  • and a laptop from his St. Petersburg apartment,

  • he accessed the accounts of several large

  • corporate customers of Citibank, stealing $10.7 million.

  • He ended up spending three years in jail

  • after his accomplices gave up his name

  • and was forced to give back the 10.7 million he stole

  • although 400,000 of it was never recovered.

  • However, oddly a decade later in 2005,

  • an anonymous hacker group came out claiming

  • that they were the ones truly responsible for the theft,

  • and that they only sold Vladimir

  • the data needed to steal the money.

  • Well, we may never know the truth

  • but what we do know is somebody

  • got away with $400,000.

  • Just remember kids, crime doesn't pay.

  • Unless you're a Russian hacker supervillian

  • in which case it apparently does.

  • In 1996, Mathew Bevan and Richard Pryce

  • were only 21 and 17, respectively,

  • when they broke into military computers

  • with a really nefarious intent.

  • They not only hacked into U.S. military computers,

  • but officials thought they might have also

  • hacked into North Korean systems as well.

  • This was especially bad since there were

  • very high tensions between the two countries at the time

  • and an intrusion from the U.S.

  • could have been considered and act of war.

  • Now luckily, as it turns out it was just South Korean data

  • but it just as easily could have been North.

  • You know, unlike regular hackers

  • that just steal money or create viruses,

  • these douches have the unique distinction

  • of saying that they almost started a war.

  • Yeah, not exactly the type of thing

  • you want to put on a resume.

  • Also known by his hacker alias, Mafiaboy

  • Michael Calce was a Canadian from Quebec

  • that was responsible for a series

  • of high profile cyber attacks in 2000.

  • Project Revolt, as he called it,

  • was a distributive denial of service attack

  • that took down major websites

  • like Yahoo, FIFA, Amazon, eBay,

  • and CNN among others.

  • He was caught after bragging about the attacks

  • in an IRC chat room for which he got eight months in jail

  • Why such a short sentence?

  • Because suprisingly Michael was only

  • in high school at the time.

  • Also, because he probably said,

  • "Sorry, sorry, oh so sorry, didn't mean to hack 'em

  • eh, sorry" through the whole trial.

  • He's Canadian, we're very apologetic people.

  • Adrian Lamo is best known for hacking

  • into major corporations like Yahoo,

  • Bank of America, CitiGroup, the New York Times,

  • and Microsoft.

  • But it's the way that he did it

  • that made him famous.

  • He used public internet connections

  • like those found at libraries, and coffee shops

  • to hack into these major sites.

  • Because of that and his modest lifestyle,

  • he was given the nickname of Homeless Hacker.

  • In 2004, after being caught,

  • he was given six months house arrest

  • and ordered to pay $65,000 in restitution.

  • Well I guess if there's a silver lining to the story

  • it's that somebody actually used a library.

  • I mean who the hell uses libraries anymore?

  • It's 2014, if you need to learn something

  • you just Google it.

  • Jeanson James Ancheta was the first ever hacker

  • to create a botnet, a goup of highjacked

  • computers that worked together for illegal means.

  • In 2004, Ancheta spread a worm

  • called the RXbot across the Internet

  • that gave him control of 500,000 computers

  • including US military computers.

  • He used that network to wreak havoc

  • on websites, shutting them down

  • and even accepted payments from clients

  • to shut down specific websites.

  • And that worked well for him

  • until one of the clients ended up

  • being an FBI sting operation.

  • He was forced to give up his BMW

  • and $58,000 that he earned from hacking

  • and was ordered to pay $16,000

  • and server 60 months in prison.

  • How ironic, this guy forcibly gave

  • a lot of people a worm

  • and now he's going to jail

  • where a lot of guys are going to forcibly

  • give him their worm.

  • Know what I'm sayin'?

  • Ya know what I'm sayin'?

  • Gary McKinnon is the Scottish hacker

  • who masterminded the largest military

  • computer hack of all time.

  • Using the hacker alias, Solo

  • he hacked into 97 US Armed Forces

  • and NASA computers between 2001 and 2002.

  • Within a period of just 24 hours,

  • he deleted critical files including weapon logs,

  • crashed a network of 2,000 computers,

  • stole passwords, and copied files.

  • In total, the damage that his hacking caused

  • cost the government an estimated $700,000

  • for which he was indicted by a US court.

  • However, in 2012, it was decided

  • that he will not face charges in the UK,

  • nor be extradited to the US to face charges their either.

  • So in other words, he got away with it scot-free.

  • Damn, that's a dangerous precedent

  • you just set UK, if I were you I'd expect

  • an influx of hackers emigrating to your country.

  • Better stock up on Mountain Dew and Hot Pockets.

  • Owen Walker also known by his hacker alias, AKILL

  • was only 17 when he led an international

  • hacking group that caused over $26 million in damages.

  • The home schooled teenager was responsible

  • for creating the Akbot virus, which spread to 1.3 million

  • computers around the world crashing them.

  • But the suprising thing is

  • that even though he was caught,

  • despite all of the damage,

  • he was released without being convicted.

  • It was ruled that conviction would do

  • more harm to his future than do good.

  • Today Owen works for a telecommunications

  • company in their security division.

  • See parents, you should home school your kids

  • they always turn out well adjusted.

  • The hacker named ASTRA,

  • whose real name was never revealed,

  • was a 58 year old Greek mathematician

  • who was operative between 2002 and 2008.

  • During that five year period,

  • he stole weapons technology data

  • and 3D modeling software from

  • a company called the Dassault Group,

  • which he sold for up to $361 million

  • to buyers around the world.

  • Dassault being just a bit ticked off by the theft,

  • went on a worldwide manhunt for ASTRA

  • which ended in tracking him down

  • to an apartment in Athens, Greece.

  • This is a really cool story

  • but I don't understand why they

  • won't just say his name.

  • I mean, who is this guy? Voldemort?

  • Wizards be hacking and sh--

  • It's messed up. And finally,

  • Of all the hackers on this list,

  • Albert Gonzalez may have pulled off the largest heist.

  • Over a two year period he stole a total

  • of 175 million credit card numbers selling them online.

  • A massive, yet undisclosed, amount of money

  • was stolen from his victims through identity theft,

  • leaving them to battle to restore their credit ratings

  • and get their money back.

  • He was sentenced to 40 years in jail

  • and I say good he deserves it.

  • My credit card information was

  • stolen once and I was pissed.

  • Not because they spent my money,

  • but because I had to call Visa and explain

  • to them that it wasn't me that spent

  • $200 at a men's hair care website.

  • It was an awkward conversation

  • Anyways, that's all for this video guys.

  • Keep in mind that this was not an exhaustive list.

  • There were a lot more hackers out there

  • that have done a lot more stuff.

  • I just chose the ones that I thought

  • were the most interesting cases.

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