Instant Alert: The 12 most infamous hackers of all time

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   The 12 most infamous hackers of all time by Kif Leswing on May 26, 2016, 10:52 AM Advertisement Hackers have been around since the dawn of computers, and they've wreaked more havoc than many people realize. Law enforcement has yet to catch up with many of their antics. Here is a roundup of the most well-known hackers and what they've become infamous for within the hacker community. Guccifer Guccifer, who also goes by Marcel Lehel Lazar, is best known for exposing the existence of Hillary Clinton's private email server. He's hacked several American political figures, and was the first to distribute photos of former president George Bush's paintings. He also reportedly was able to hack into former Secretary of State Colin Powell's email and Facebook accounts. The United States had him extradited from Romania in March of this year.  He stood trial and eventually pleaded guilty to identity theft and hacking charges on Thursday.  Ryan Collins Ryan Collins of Pennslyvania pled guilty on Wednesday to orchestrating the celebrity iCloud hack known in the seedier parts of the internet as "the Fappening" or "Celebgate." He'll probably serve 18 months for what he did, although he faces 5 years, which included leaking nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton online. Here's how the chef did it: he would phish celebrities with emails that looked like official password reset notifications from companies like Apple or Google. Then, armed with their passwords, he would use them to download full iPhone backups from iCloud — which came with contacts, text messages, calendars, and photos.  He might not even be the mastermind of the hack, though. Some suspect that he had assistance from others, including two Chicago men who had their homes searched as part of the investigation. Adrian Lamo Adrian Lamo was known as the “homeless hacker” for his transient lifestyle. Despite that, he was able to hack into the internal computers of The New York Times in 2002. This hack gave Lamo access to private databases, including one that had the private information of more than 3,000 people who had contributed to the paper’s Op-Ed section. He was sentenced to two years of probation and fined nearly $65,000. Most recently, Lamo was back in the headlines for turning in Chelsea Manning for leaking classified US Army documents.  See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network: Email sent to:   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011