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Store), co-founding the startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, a number of essays and books, and the media webpage Hacker News. He is the author of the computer programming books On Lisp, [4] ANSI Common Lisp, [5] and Hackers & Painters. [6] Technology journalist Steven Levy has described Graham as a "hacker philosopher". [7]
John Thomas Draper (born March 11, 1943), also known as Captain Crunch, Crunch, or Crunchman (after the Cap'n Crunch breakfast cereal mascot), is an American computer programmer and former phone phreak.
In 2011 as a 16 year old teenager, Al-Bassam was one of the six core members of LulzSec during its 50-day hacking spree, going by the alias "tflow". The group used denial-of-service attacks and compromised a number of high profile organizations and corporations, including Sony, Fox, News International, Nintendo and the CIA.
Hacker News (HN) is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by the investment fund and startup incubator Y Combinator . In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."
A white hat (or a white-hat hacker, a whitehat) is an ethical security hacker. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Ethical hacking is a term meant to imply a broader category than just penetration testing. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Under the owner's consent, white-hat hackers aim to identify any vulnerabilities or security issues the current system has. [ 5 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 December 2024. American hacker (1963–2023) Kevin Mitnick Mitnick in 2010 Born Kevin David Mitnick (1963-08-06) August 6, 1963 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Died July 16, 2023 (2023-07-16) (aged 59) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. Other names The Condor, The Darkside Hacker Occupations Information ...
Arizona hacker, John Sabo A.K.A FizzleB/Peanut, was arrested for hacking Canadian ISP dlcwest.com claiming the company was defrauding customers through over billing. The US general accounting office reports that hackers attempted to break into Defense Department computer files some 250,000 times in 1995 alone with a success rate of about 65% ...
This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles.. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continual