Some did it for kicks, some craved the fame, some thought they were making a
political statement while others obviously went for the money. Here’s a look at
some of cyber crime’s most infamous criminals and their hacking exploits.
There is a very thin line that divides cyber-pranksters from cyber-criminals. Some of the most notorious cyber crimes of the last few years have been attributed to youngsters, who perhaps innocuously thought they were playing a prank when they hacked into networks or created malicious code for viruses, malware, worms or Trojans. Maybe they didn’t have the intention of making a financial gain from their activities, nor did they aspire for celebrity status or they did it, purely for the heck of it and as a prank.
