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Famous Hackers who got caught

Year 1991-93

Mark Abene

Sentenced for one-year prison and 35 hours of community service

Responsible for free-call scams to a 900 number, call tapping, computer trespass & computer conspiracy.

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Year 1995

Kevin Poulsen

Sentenced to 51 months in prison and US$56,000 in restitution

Hacked phone system to win radio station contest by being 102nd caller.
He locked out other callers

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Year 1998

Sentenced for three years probation and 400 hours of community service

Caused $10-$100 million in damage repair cost due to "The Morris Worm"

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Robert Tappan Morris

Year 1999

Jonathan James

Six-month prison sentence and probation until the age of eighteen

A teenager hacked the US Defense Department and NASA

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Year 2000

Michale Calce 

Sentenced for eight months and small fine

Aka MafiaBoy - Caused $1 billion damage by DDoS attack on commercial websites, including Amazon, CNN, eBay, Yahoo!

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Year 2004

Sven Jaschan

Jul 2005 - 21-month suspended sentence, 3 years probation, and 30 hours of community service in a retirement home.

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Year 2005-07

Albert Gonzalez

Gonzalez was sentenced for 20 years in federal prison in March 2010

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Year 2015

Connor Allsopp

Matthew Hanley

Hanley was sentenced to 12 months in prison
Allsopp was sentenced to 8 months in prison

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