The list of the most famous hackers has been made over and over again and hasn't changed a whole lot (RTM, Mitnick v. Shimomura, ...), but it seems like the list of famous hacks continues to grow. Are these old school famous hackers really so famous they're that can't be unseated, or are the new jacks just getting the short end of the stick?
I don't get why Shimomura is listed on there? Surely getting owned by Mitnick disqualifies him?
I think getting the FBI to step in qualifies as "winning" in the as much as screaming for your mommy and having her scold the other boy qualifies as "winning" a schoolyard fight. The other guy suffers worse consequences - but you definitely do not get to be the coolest hacker of all time.
Yeah, Shimomura's role may well have been embellished, but as described in Takedown (there's some controversy around the veracity of the story), he was supposed involved in some fairly sophisticated stuff to help the FBI track Mitnick down.
Um, "stealing software worth 1.7 million dollars"? Software to do what, exactly? To run the environmental control system on IIS. Ok. So, what exactly does the development cost of the software have to do with the fact that Jonathan James downloaded the code? This makes it sound like NASA was out $1.7 million. Idiot reporters.
Wouldn't you think that the best hackers of all time are the ones we've never heard of? The ones who walked away with the money, rather than the ones that did jail time?
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[ 313 ms ] story [ 2462 ms ] threadIt appears that they compromised systems because they were bored, or merely wanted to prove it could be done.
Thanks for the article, good read.
They must be really good.
I think getting the FBI to step in qualifies as "winning" in the as much as screaming for your mommy and having her scold the other boy qualifies as "winning" a schoolyard fight. The other guy suffers worse consequences - but you definitely do not get to be the coolest hacker of all time.
The article was just plain uninspired.
Yeah, Shimomura's role may well have been embellished, but as described in Takedown (there's some controversy around the veracity of the story), he was supposed involved in some fairly sophisticated stuff to help the FBI track Mitnick down.
"Today, James asserts that he's learned his lesson and might start a computer security company."
However, if you read the Wikipedia page THAT THEY LINKED TO IN THE ARTICLE you'll learn that Jonathan James committed suicide in 2008.
I believe the Internet term for this is "FAIL".
And don't forget this ad about doubleTwist:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/05/apple-gets-pwned-sf-sto...
Getting caught required. Jail time preferred.