World's Top 10 Hackers

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 19 September 2011, 16:39 IST   |    37 Comments
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10. Michael Calce:
mafia boy
Famously knows as mafia boy in the hackers? world as he was a minor, his name was not disclosed. A high school student from west island, Quebec who launched service attacks in the year 2000 against the top commercial websites including yahoo!, amazon.com, Dell.Inc, E*trade, E-Bay and CNN. On September 12, 2001, the Montreal Youth Court sentenced him to 8 months of open custody, one year probation, a small fine. He was restricted from accessing the internet.