There have been marvellous hacking made in the history of computer which more or less revolutionized the world. People are finding great uses of the technique now. Moreover, you would be astonished to know that there is not any single mean to hack, rather there are marvelous ways made for it. Hacking is more of an art than some crime.
Hacking in to Defense Agency
To discuss some of the hackings made in the past you must never forget Jonathan James who was the one responsible for first hacking. He was sent to prison after this act. He did the job when he was 16 years old. He put his influence upon the high organizations of the country. He firstly made a backdoor to proliferate in to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency server. Using this backdoor he was able to see all the confidential emails and the usernames or the passwords of the accounts. He also made his way towards cracking the NASA computers. He had stolen the software that was supporting the interactions space physical environment. It was costing up to $1.7 million during that period. After this action NASA ultimately shut down its all servers. After these actions James was banned for computer usage. James is now on his way to establish some computer security company.
Hacking to the Flaws of Major Organizations
Next hacker in the history is Adrian Lamo who intruded the major organizations like The New York Times and the Microsoft. He used to access internet at coffee shops and libraries. The results that Lamo found after his intrusions were that the security was containing many flaws in its system. He firstly found all the drawbacks, and then informed the companies about their shortcoming in order to make improvements. He had made intrusions amongst Yahoo, Bank of America, Citigroup and the Cingular. After his step companies began to hire the hackers in order to find the shortcomings in their systems.
Hacking Digital Equipment Corporation
Moreover, Kevin Mitnick was the one who was condemned for stealing the software of the Digital Equipment corporation computer network. He gained popularity after he exploited the Los Angeles bus in order to steal the cards to get free rides. He was convicted for his hackings in to the computers of the national defense warning system in order to steal their secrets and the phone networks. But after his imprisonment, authorities realized the benefit of his capabilities, and hence made him the computer security consultant.
Hacking the FIA
Next hacker is Kevin Poulsen who hacked the federal investigation database. He stole the wiretap information from the federal computers. He is mostly famous because of his KIIS-FM hack that enabled him to take the control of all the phone line stations. He is now the senior editor in the Weird News.
Hacking through Worm
Next hacker in this field is Robert Tappan Morris who was the son of National Security Agency scientist. He made the first computer worm to unleash the internet. This worm ultimately made its access throughout the internet and hence took the control of computers, making them slower and ultimately affected machines. Robert was also imprisoned after his action according to the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
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