11 Biggest Hackers The World Has Ever Known

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4. Kevin Mitnick

Kevin Mitnick ranks 4th in our list of biggest hackers the world has ever known. He started his hacking spree in 1979 when he was only 16. He broke into the Digital Equipment Corporation’s network and copied their software. Alongside 12 months of prison, he was sentenced to, he got additional 3 years of supervision, but near the end of it, he hacked into computers of Pacific Bell, the company managing telephone operations. After the warrant for his arrest was issued, he fled and spent more than 2 years as a fugitive, continuing with hacking operations. After the arrest, he was sentenced to 46 months in prison.

11 Biggest Hackers The World Has Ever Known

Kevin Mitnick is in the middle

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