This is a list of notable hackers who are known for their hacking acts.
0–9
A
- Mark Abene (Phiber Optik)1
- Ryan Ackroyd (Kayla)2
- Mustafa Al-Bassam (Tflow)3
- Mitch Altman45
- Jacob Appelbaum (ioerror)6
- Julian Assange (Mendax)78
- Andrew Auernheimer (weev)9
B
C
- Brad Carter (RBCP, Red box Chili Pepper)
- maia arson crimew
- Jean-Bernard Condat
- Sam Curry
- Cyber Anakin12
D
- Kim Dotcom
- John Draper (Captain Crunch)13
- Sir Dystic
- Wang Dong
E
F
- Ankit Fadia
- Bruce Fancher (Dead Lord)14
G
- Joe Grand (Kingpin)
- Richard Greenblatt15
- Virgil Griffith (Romanpoet)
- Rop Gonggrijp
- Guccifer
- Guccifer 2.0
H
- Jeremy Hammond
- Susan Headley (Susan Thunder)
- Markus Hess (hunter)16
- George Hotz (geohot)
- Andrew Huang
- Marcus Hutchins
- Rim Jong Hyok
I
J
- The Jester (hacktivist)
- Jonathan James
- Joybubbles (Joe Engressia, Highrise Joe)171819
K
- Kyle Milliken
- Samy Kamkar
- Karl Koch (hagbard)
- Alan Kotok
- Jan Krissler
- Patrick K. Kroupa (Lord Digital)
- Kris Kaspersky
L
- Adrian Lamo20
- Chris Lamprecht (Minor Threat)21
- Gordon Lyon (Fyodor)
M
- MafiaBoy
- Moxie Marlinspike
- Morgan Marquis-Boire
- Gary Mckinnon (Solo)
- Jude Milhon (St. Jude)
- Kevin Mitnick (Condor)
- Mixter
- Hector Monsegur (Sabu)22
- HD Moore
- Robert Tappan Morris (rtm)
- Dennis Moran (Coolio)
- Jeff Moss (Dark Tangent)
- Katie Moussouris
- Andy Müller-Maguhn
- MLT (Matthew Telfer)
- Behzad Mohammadzadeh
N
- Craig Neidorf (Knight Lightning)
O
- Beto O'Rourke (Psychedelic Warlord)
- Higinio Ochoa
P
- Justin Tanner Petersen (Agent Steal)
- Kevin Poulsen (Dark Dante)
Q
R
- Eric S. Raymond (ESR)
- Christien Rioux (DilDog)
- Leonard Rose (Terminus)
- Oxblood Ruffin
- Joanna Rutkowska
S
- Peter Samson23
- David Schrooten (Fortezza)
- Roman Seleznev (Track2)
- Alisa Shevchenko
- Rich Skrenta
- Dmitry Sklyarov
- Edward Snowden
- Space Rogue
- Richard Stallman (rms)24
- StankDawg
- Matt Suiche
- Peter Sunde
- Gottfrid Svartholm (Anakata)
- Kristina Svechinskaya
- Aaron Swartz
T
- Ehud Tenenbaum25
- Cris Thomas (Space Rogue)26
- John Threat27
- Topiary28
- Tron (Boris Floricic)29
- Justine Tunney
U
V
- Kimberley Vanvaeck (Gigabyte)
W
- Steve Wozniak
- Chris Wysopal (Weld Pond)30
- Robert Willis
X
Y
Z
- Peiter Zatko (Mudge)32
See also
- Tech Model Railroad Club
- List of computer criminals
- List of fictional hackers
- List of hacker groups
- List of hacker conferences
- Hackerspace
- Phreaking
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