Events
Kevin Poulsen - 1991
Kevin hacked a telephone line to a radio station
to ensure that he was the 102nd caller so that he
would receive a fancy prize, a new Porsche sports
car. He was sent to prison and was the first ever
person to be banned from using the internet or a
computer from a court sentence.Kevin Poulsen Again - 1995
This time, he tried to do the same tactic to win
tickets to Hawaii however, he was caught and
given a 51 month prison sentence.Computer Misuse Act 1990
The Computer Misuse Act passed in the United
Kingdom which makes it a criminal offence to
illegitimately gain access to computersFist DEF CON - Jun 1993
The first hacking convention which occurs
annually in Las VegasRussians - 1994
Russian hackers steal money from a bank and
transfers it to other accounts in Finland and Israel
which were mostly recovered by the US who
sentenced the leader of the Russian group with a
3 year prison sentenceUS DOD Attacks - 1995
In 1995, hackers tried to gain access to the US
Department of Defence's computer files about
250,000 times with about 160,000 attempts being
successfulYahoo! Malware - Dec 1997
It was announced by Yahoo! in January 1998 that
users who were active in December may have
downloaded malware from hackers who
threatened to activate logic bombs and/or worms
as they wished for infamous hacker Kevin Mitnick
to be released from prison.Kevin Mitnick Arrested - Feb 15 1995
Kevin Mitcnick was caught by the FBI after being
on the run for a few years for crimes such as
stealing passwords to networks and computers
as well as intercepting computer and telephone
transmissions and gaining unauthorised access
to private emails and reading them (not Hillary's).
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