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Top 100 Cybersecurity Hackers
The following list, in no particular order, contains the names, their countries of origins, their (biggest) victim (s) and a short piece about who they are. Some are reformed and act as security consultants while others remain at large and are being hunted by the FBI, InterPol and others for their cybercrimes:
- Behzad Mesri
Country: Iran
Victim: HBO
Mesri is an Irani hacker and famous by the Arabic name “Sakote Vehshat” which means “ The Silence Of Terror”. He stole episodes of HBO’s famous serial Game of Thrones before the official release.
- Danial Jeloudar
Country: USA
Victim: Visa credit cardholders of the United States.
Danial Jeloudar stole numerous amount of credit card numbers and other banking information of cards and accounts holders.
- Arash Amiri Abedian
Country: Iran
Victim: Banks
He stole and sold the confidential data of different banks in the USA.
- Gholamreza Rafatnejad
Country: Iran
Victim: Government of the United States.
He hacked academic and intellectual property data of the USA in coordination with his team.
- Ehsan Mohammadi
Country: Iran
Victim: Government of the United States.
Ehsan Mohammadi hacked academic and intellectual property data of the USA in coordination with Gholamreza Rafatnejad.
- Mohammad Saeed Ajily
Country: Iran
Victim: Government and defense agencies of the United States.
He hacked and stole the rocket software that controls the functions and projections of rockets and missiles in the United States and sold it in Iran.
- Mohammad Reza Rezakhah
Country: Iran
Victim: Government, defense agencies, and aerodynamics software of the United States.
Mohammad Reza Rezakhah hacked the militant controlling system of the US in collaboration with Ajily, and sold it to the agencies in Iran.
- Alexsey Belan
Country: none (Latvian)
Victim: YAHOO
Belan stole data from about 550 million Yahoo accounts for Russian Agencies.
- Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev
Country: Russia
Victim: Banks in the US
Bogachev is a famous hacker who hacked data, bank account numbers, and passwords from millions of accounts in the US.
- Ahmad Fathi
Country: Iran
Victim: Government, and financial agencies in the United States.
Fathi hacked the financial data of the US and performed many DDoS attacks on the financial data of the US for Iranians.
- Hamid Firoozi
Country: Iran
Victim: Government, and financial agencies in the United States.
Hamid Firoozi performed DDoS attacks on the US financial data and stole millions of bank accounts and financial data. He developed and managed networks for these attacks and cyber-robbery.
- Amin Shokohi
Country: Iran
Victim: Government, and financial agencies in the United States.
Amin Shokohi performed DDoS attacks on the US financial data and stole millions of bank accounts and financial data in collaboration with Firoozi. He operated and managed the networks for these attacks made and developed by Firoozi.
- Mohammad Sadegh Ahmadzadegan
Country: Iran
Victim: NASA
Mohammad Sadegh Ahmadzadegan made a cyber attack on the financial system of the US and admitted that he remained involved in the hacking of NASA’s server in 2012.
- Omid Ghaffarinia
Country: Iran
Victim: NASA, government, and finance department of the US.
As a founder of Mersad(hacking group), Omid Ghaffarinia claimed to hack NASA’s server and government data in the United States.
- Sina Keissar
Country: Iran
Victim: NASA, government, and finance department of the US.
Sina Keissar, being an employee at Mersad, perform initial botnet tests for the company. He also worked on the procurement of servers.
- Nader Saedi
Country: Iran
Victim: NASA, government, and finance department of the US.
Saedi remained a part of the team that performed DDoS attacks on NASA’s servers. He developed digital scripts to locate vulnerable servers.
- Nicolae Popescu
Country: Romania
Victim: Digital market, eBay
Nicolae Popescu posted pictures of such cars on eBay that do not exist in reality. He made millions of dollars through the sale of these fake cars.
- Firas Dardar
Country: Syria
Victim: US government and organizations, New York Times, CNN
Firas Dardar hacked and stole data from government and private agencies/organizations of the US and he sold the data back to the customers for a huge amount.
- Ahmed Al Agha
Country: Syria
Victim: US government and organizations, New York Times, CNN
Al Agha used the stolen data and passwords to redirect the domains, hack social media accounts and websites of different government and private organizations in the US.
- Viet Quoc Nguyen
Country; Vietnam
Victim: email service providers
Viet Quoc Nguyen hacked eight email service providers and stole billions of email accounts and their data. He stolen data for making traffic on direct marketing websites.
- Shaileshkumar Jain
Country: India
Victim: computer users across the globe
Shaileshkumar Jain made fake anti-virus software and hacked the data of millions of users across the globe. He used scammed software for this purpose.
- Bjorn Daniel Sundin
Country: India
Victim: computer users across the globe
Bjorn Daniel Sundin made developed bogus anti-virus, and scareware software and hacked the data of millions of users across the globe in collaboration with another Indian hacker, Jain.
- Sun Kailiang
Country: China
Victim: US government
Sun Kailiang stole data from six sensitive agencies of the US. He hacked the nuclear, power, and militant controls of the US.
- Huang Zhenyu
Country: China
Victim: US government
Huang Zhenyu hacked data from six sensitive agencies in the US. He hacked the nuclear, power, and militant controls of the US in collaboration with some other Chinese hackers.
- Wen Xinyu
Country: China
Victim: US Government and agencies.
Wen Xinyu was a part of the liberation army of China and attempted a cyber attack on the US defense and security data with the help of his team.
- Wang Dong
Country: China
Victim: US government
Dong hacked the confidential data from the different industries of the US and he provided the data to the Chinese Liberation army.
- Gu Chunhui
Country: China
Victim: US Government and agencies.
Gu Chunhui attacked US agencies and stole confidential industrial, military, and aviation data of the US.
- Noor Aziz Uddin
Country: Pakistan
Victim: Telecommunication companies
Aziz Uddin hacked the telephonic calls servers of the US and used the data for making scamming. He frauded three million people by fake business calls.
- Farhan Ul Arshad
Country: Pakistan
Victim: Telecommunication companies
Farhan Ul Arshad with Aziz Uddin made fraud through fake and scam phone business calls. He developed the network and script to hack the telecommunication servers.
- Mehdi Farhadi
Country: Iran
Victim: Computer network, and websites of the US and other countries.
Mehdi Farhadi hacked the data of many websites and networks of many organizations, universities, governments, and industries in the US.
- Hooman Heidarian
Country: Iran
Victim: Computer network, and websites, secured computers
Hooman Heidarian remained involved in hacking sensitive and confidential data from many secured networks and computer systems. He committed device fraud, computer networking fraud, and identity theft.
- Marwan Abusrour
Country: Iran
Victim: Computer network, Websites
Marwan Abusrour defaced public websites with pro-hacker data and messages in the United States.
- Behzad Mohammadzadeh
Country: Iran
Victim: Computer network,
Marwan Abusrour defaced more than 1000 websites with pro-hacker data, pro-Palestine, and pro-Iranian data and messages in the United States.
- Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh
Country: Nigeria
Victim: Computer network, businesses, online service providers
Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh committed BEC (Business Email Compromise) and hacked about seventy businesses through romance scams and money laundering.
- Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin
Country: Nigeria
Victim: Computer network, businesses, online service providers
Alex Afolabi Ogunshakin worked with Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh and committed BEC (Business Email Compromise) and hacked about seventy businesses through romance scams and money laundering in the US.
- Felix Osilama Okpoh
Country: Nigeria
Victim: Computer network, businesses, online service providers
Felix Osilama Okpoh worked with Richard Izuchukwu Uzuh and committed BEC (Business Email Compromise) and hacked about seventy businesses through fake information romance scams, and money laundering in the US.
- Abiola Ayorinde Kayode
Country: Nigeria
Victim: Computer network, businesses, online service providers
Abiola Ayorinde Kayode committed BEC (Business Email Compromise) and hacked many businesses through scams, scareware, and malware in the United States.
- Nnamdi Orson Benson
Country: Nigeria
Victim: Computer network, businesses, online service providers in the US.
Nnamdi Orson Benson hacked many businesses and committed BEC (Business Email Compromise) in the US. He used romance scams and malware for cyber attacks.
- Maksim Viktorovich Yakubets
Country: Russia
Victim: Bank accounts and individuals
Maksim Viktorovich Yakubets stolen data from many thousands of individuals and organizations in the US and Europe. He used stolen data and passwords for fraud and looting.
- Igor Olegovich Turashev
Country: Russia
Victim: Bank accounts and individuals
Igor Olegovich Turashev used different malware and oversight the botnet operations to get financial credentials from emails. He used this data to steal money from bank accounts.
- Mojtaba Masoumpour
Country: Iran
Victim: US intelligence
Mojtaba Masoumpour stole confidential and sensitive data from the US intelligence department by computer intrusion.
- Hossein Parvar
Country: Iran
Victim: US intelligence
Hossein Parvar stole sensitive confidential data from the US intelligence department through computer intrusion and malware.
- Zhang Shi Long
Country: China
Victim: Different companies across the globe and US agencies
Zhang Shi Long remained involved in aggravated identity theft and wire fraud in collaboration with other Chinese companies.
- Hua Zhu
Country: China
Victim: Different companies across the globe and US agencies
Hua Zhu hacked and stole identity data through wire fraud and malware, in collaboration with other Chinese companies.
- Park Jin Hyok
Country: South Korea
Victim: Korean Government and financial agencies
Park Jin Hyok stole the digital currency and money from different financial agencies and governments of Korea by computer intrusions.
- Julien Kim
Country: South Korea
Victim: Korean Government and financial agencies
Julien Kim hacked the systems and networks of many companies and government agencies in Korea and steal virtual currency in millions.
- Jon Chang Hyok
Country: South Korea
Victim: Banks, Government, and financial agencies
Jon Chang Hyok remained involved in hacking and crashing of software and system of different financial firms in Korea. He used data and passwords to steal the virtual currency from many accounts.
- Yuriy Sergeyvich Andrienko
Country: Russia
Victim: Computer systems of the US and many other countries
Yuriy Sergeyvich Andrienko is responsible for the crash of several protected computer systems of the world. He hacked and stole the data of the companies and used the stolen data for wire fraud, international damage to protected computer systems.
- Sergey Vladimirovich Detsitov
Country: Russia
Victim: Protected Computer systems of the US and many other countries
Sergey Vladimirovich Detsitov hacked and crash the international protected computer systems of the US and another world by using malware, identity theft, and domain Redirect.
- Pavel Valeryevich Frolov
Country: Russia
Victim: International protected computers
Pavel Valeryevich Frolov with six other Russian militants hacked a huge amount of confidential data from international protected computers. He also claimed to be a part of the team which crashed the International protected computers in 2020.
- Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev
Country: Russia
Victim: International protected computers, worldwide Government agencies, and individuals.
Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev hacked and crashed international protected computers across the world. He remained a member of a Russian hacking squad.
- Zhang Haoran
Country: China
Victim: Video Gaming Companies, Citizens of United Kingdom
Zhang Haoran hacked and stole data from international protected computers. He committed aiding, abetting, wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft.
- Tan Dailin
Country: China
Victim: International protected computers, worldwide Government agencies, and individuals.
Tan Dailin committed cyberattacks by malware to manage wire fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to data of several agencies across the globe.
- Qian Chuan
Country: China
Victim: Video Gaming Companies, Citizens of United Kingdom
Qian Chuan was a member of the Chinese hacking group APT 41. He committed wire fraud, money laundering, and unauthorized access to international protected computers and cause damage to those.
- FU Qiang
Country: China
Victim: Video Gaming Companies, Citizens of United Kingdom
FU Qiang is an employer of the Chinese hacking group APT 41. He along with his colleagues committed wire fraud, money laundering, and unauthorized access to international protected computers and cause damage to those.
- Said Pourkarimi Arabi
Country: Iran
Victim: Aerospace and satellite companies of the US.
Said Pourkarimi Arabi is a cybercriminal who attacked and stole data from aerospace and satellite companies of the United States. He also committed wire fraud and stole the identities of US citizens.
- Mohammad Reza Espargham
Country: Iran
Victim: Aerospace and satellite companies of the US.
Mohammad Reza Espargham with other Iranian hackers developed and deployed cyberattacks on aerospace and satellite companies of the United States through malware, aggravated identity theft, and scam.
- Mohammad Bayat
Country: Iran
Victim: Aerospace and satellite companies and government.
Mohammad Bayat remained a part of an Iranian hacking group that committed wire fraud, identity theft, and crash of protected systems.
- Behzad Mohammadzadeh
Country: Iran
Victim: Websites across the globe
Behzad Mohammadzadeh defaced many websites with pro-Iranian and pro-Islamic data and messages. He committed international damage to protected computers and systems.
- Seyed Ali Mirkarimi
Country: Iran
Victim: Universities, companies, and government agencies of the world.
Seyed Ali Mirkarimi hacked about 144 universities in the US and 176 across the globe. He also attacked hundreds of companies and government agencies across the world and provided the data to the Iranian government.
- Abdollah Karima
Country: Iran
Victim: Universities, companies, and government agencies of the world.
Abdollah Karima along with nine other Iranian hackers stole the data from about hacked about 300 universities across the globe. He provided the stolen data to the Iranian government.
- Mostafa Sadeghi
Country: Iran
Victim: academia and industrial companies across the globe.
Mostafa Sadeghi hacked and managed unauthorized access to computer systems and stole the data from those. He provided and sold stolen data to Iranian agencies and the government.
- Sajjad Tahmasebi
Country: Iran
Victim: Universities and companies of about 20 countries.
Sajjad Tahmasebi hacked data from universities and agencies in more than 21 countries. He managed and deployed malware, unauthorized access to systems, and wire fraud.
- Mohammed Reza Sabahi
Country: Iran
Victim: Universities and companies of about 20 countries.
Mohammed Reza Sabahi along with his colleague hackers stole data from universities and agencies in more than 21 countries. He provided the stolen to Iranian agencies.
- Roozbeh Sabahi
Country: Iran
Victim: Universities and companies of several countries.
Roozbeh Sabahi along with other Irani hackers involved in the cyberattack at universities and agencies in many countries through scamming and malware. He sold the stolen data in Iran.
- Abuzar Gohari Moqadam
Country: Iran
Victim: Universities and government agencies of more than 20 countries.
Abuzar Gohari Moqadam committed data stealing and system crushes of many universities and agencies in 21 countries and sold the stolen to Iranian agencies, universities, and government.
- Arash Amiri Abedian
Country: Iran
Victim: Banks and financial authorities in the US.
Arash Amiri Abedian hacked confidential credentials and passwords of financial authorities of the US by scamming. He looted millions of dollars from the accounts of customers.
- Aleksei Sergeyevich Morenets
Country: Russia
Victim: United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Aleksei Sergeyevich Morenets with other hackers performed an attack on anti-doping agencies and sports federations of the US for money laundering and identity theft.
- Evgenii Mikhaylovich Serebriakov
Country: Russia
Victim: United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Evgenii Mikhaylovich Serebriakov hacked the systems of the sports federation and anti-doping agencies of the US during the world Olympics event for wire fraud and money laundering.
- Alexey Valerevich Minin
Country: Russia
Victim: sports federation of the US and US anti-doping agency
Alexey Valerevich Minin stole the confidential data from USADA and WADA systems and provided that to his native country.
- Oleg Mikhaylovich Sotnikov
Country: Russia
Victim: sports federation of the US and US anti-doping agency
During the world Olympics 2016, Oleg Mikhaylovich Sotnikov managed computer scripts to hack the secret of the anti-doping agencies of the world and the US.
- Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin
Country: Russia
Victim: US election commission, USADA, WADA
Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin hacked the system of the US election commission system and used it for fraud in the presidential election 2016. He also deployed a cyberattack on the USADA and WADA during Olympics 2016.
- Artem Andreyevich Malyshev
Country: Russia
Victim: US election commission
Artem Andreyevich Malyshev hacked the US election commission systems and controls and used those for fraud in the presidential election of 2016.
- Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov
Country: Russia
Victim: US election commission
Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov managed computer scripts to hack the data election commission of the US. He used the stolen data to make fraud in the presidential election of the US in 2016.
- Boris Alekseyevich Antonov
Country: Russia
Victim: US government and law enforcement agencies
Boris Alekseyevich Antonov hacked the documents and identities of US citizens and used those during the US presidential election. He deployed money laundering and fraud by hacking the systems of these agencies.
- Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek
Country: Russia
Victim: US government, election commission, and law enforcement agencies
Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek with other Russian managed a cyberattack on law enforcement agencies of the US and used the stolen data for domain redirection, fake domains, and money laundering.
- Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev
Country: Russia
Victim: US agencies
Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev stole the data of the US government and used it for false documentation and false registration and domain.
- Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev
Country: Ukraine
Victim: US government.
Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev hacked the confidential data and secret documents of the US government and used those for false documentation, domain redirect, and deface of websites during the US presidential election 2016.
- Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk
Country: Russia
Victim: US agencies, Election Commission of the US
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk with other Russian hackers hacked the US agencies and election commission for the false domain, redirection, and false documentation during the Olympics and election 2016.
- Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri
Country: Iran
Victim: Hospitals and Schools in the US and Canada.
Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri hacked data of academia and healthcare for the US and Canada and made millions of dollars by selling the data.
- Xia Lei
Country: China
Victim: Financial, engineering, and technology industries of the US
Xia Lei developed and deployed computer scripts to hack the confidential data of engineering, financial, and technology industries of the US and used the stolen data to make money.
- Wu Yingzhuo
Country: China
Victim: Different industries of the US
Wu Yingzhuo hacked and attacked the US industries by malware and wire fraud to collect secret data. He provided the said data to agencies in his native country.
- Dong Hao
Country: China
Victim: Different industries of the US
Dong Hao hacked about 45 terabytes of data from emails of victims. He and his partners attacked the financial, engineering, and technology industries of the US.
Country: Russia
Victim: US public agencies
Vladimirovich Detistov managed and deployed destructive malware to hack the confidential data of the US public agencies.
Country: Russia
Victim: Public agencies of the US and many other countries.
Artem Valeryevich Ochichenko developed a malware network to made false domain entries and to steal the secret data of agencies. He sold the stolen data in Russia.
Country: Russia
Victim: Public and private data-keeping agencies of different countries.
Petr Nikolayevich Pliskin developed and deployed destructive malware to hack the critical data from the systems.
- Gary Mckinnon
Country: USA
Victim: United States government, military, NASA
Gary Mckinnon performed the biggest hack on militant agencies to theft the data about free energy. He deployed destructive malware that crushed almost all the data of the victims.
- Kevin David Mitnick
Country: USA
Victim: United States government, transport system, gaming agencies.
Kevin David Mitnick hacked the US bus system to travel on free vouchers. Later on, he hacked the DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) and stole a worthy software of about 1 million dollars cost. He’s the Chief Hacking Officer of KnowBe4 using his skills for good and helping companies defend against the latest social engineering and related exploits.
- Jonathan James
Country: USA
Victim: United States government, military, NASA, pentagon
Jonathan James hacked the pentagon, United States Department of Defence, and NASA at a very young age by malware and computer intrusion.
- Micheal Calce
Country: USA
Victim: eBay, CNN, Dell, YAHOO
Micheal Calce hacked the market places, IT companies, and email service providers by injecting DoS attacks and stole about one and half billion dollars.
- Max Ray Butler
Country: none (Latvian)
Victim: US government websites
Max Ray Butler acquired unauthorized access to the US government websites and stole credit card numbers with passwords. He performed a huge robbery on virtual currency.
- Albert Gonzalez
Country: USA
Victim: NASA
Albert Gonzalez hacked NASA’s system by using a SQL injection. He also hacked credit card data and sold it for billion dollars.
- Roman Seleznev
Country: Russia
Victim: Banks, institutes in the US
Roman Seleznev stole credit card data and hacked the systems of about 500 businesses and about 4000 financial institutions.
- Adrian Lamo
Country: America
Victim: YAHOO
Adrian Lamo hacked YAHOO by building his backdoors. He changed the comments and articles on the pages of the victim.
- Richard Pryce
Country: America
Victim: Defense Information System Agency and the Korean Atomic Research Institute KARI). Bevan (Kuji) and Pryce (Datastream Cowboy)
Richard Pryce hacked many military networks with destructive malware. He used to hack the most difficult targets by developing unique computer scripts.
- Matthew Bevan
Country: America
Victim: Defense Information System Agency and the Korean Atomic Research Institute KARI). Bevan (Kuji) and Pryce (Datastream Cowboy)
Matthew Bevan with Pryce stole confidential military data. He developed and deployed malware, false domain names, and domain redirect.
- Jeanson James Ancheta
Country: Korea
Victim: Credit Unions, financial companies
Jeanson James Ancheta stole credit card credentials and used them for money. He developed and deployed botnets for this purpose.
- Michael Calce
Country: Korea
Victim: eBay, CNN, Dell, Amazon
Michael Calce attacked different market places, businesses, and IT companies with a DDoS attack. He stole terabytes of data from its victims.
- Kevin Poulsen
Country: Poland
Victim: Pentagon
Kevin Poulsen developed SQL injection and malware to find backdoors of pentagon computers and networks. He also hacked the systems of the government of the Philipines.
- Frank Abignale
Country: USA
Victim: Many banks
Frank William Abagnale Jr. is an American security consultant known for his career as a con man, check forger and impostor when he was 15 to 21 years old.
