Hamza Bendelladj is an Algerian hacker who goes by the code name BX1, and has been nicknamed the "Smiling Hacker". Born in 1988 in Tizi Ouzou, Algeria ,



he was on the top 10 list of the most wanted hackers by Interpol and the FBI, for allegedly embezzling tens of millions of dollars from more than two hundred American and European financial institutions, via a computer virus,



the "RimiG33k" that infected more than 50 million computers worldwide (mostly from the United States), which he developed with his Russian accomplice Aleksandr Andreivich Panin, aka "Gribodemon", to steal banking information stored on infected computers



Resource : wikipedia

Anyhow the world has mix reactions regarding him

1.) For some he is robinhood

2.) Another group of online community call him cheater

3.) For united states he was a criminal

4.) For africa he was real soul with smiling face

5.) This algerian hacker has won so many hearts that he cant be forgton by the internet history

6.) Spyeye malware was made by him that stole money from bank accounts

Read more about spyeye malware and how it works right here : https://hackernewsdog.com/spyeye-malware-analysis-antimalware-antivirus/

It was excellent piece of work by him . anyhow back then due to intervention of President of US his death penalty was aborted as computer crimes are not capital crimes and at present he is in jail and will be out after 11 years from now