Which are the most sensational hacking cases ever so far..??
Kevin Mitnick, often incorrectly called by many as god of hackers, broke into the computer systems of the world’s top technology and telecommunications companies Nokia, Fujitsu, Motorola, and Sun Microsystems. He was arrested by the FBI in 1995, but later released on parole in 2000. He never termed his activity hacking, instead he called it social engineering. November 2002 Englishman Gary McKinnon was arrested in November 2002 following an accusation that he hacked into more than 90 US military computer systems in the UK. He is currently undergoing trial in a British court for a “fast-track extradition” to the US where he is a wanted man. The next hearing in the case is slated for today. 1995 Russian computer geek Vladimir Levin effected what can easily be called The Italian Job online – he was the first person to hack into a bank to extract money. Early 1995, he hacked into Citibank and robbed $10 million. Interpol arrested him in the UK in 1995, after he had transferred money to his
