“Hacker” is a term used to refer to a variety of individuals and communities. Generally a hacker is somebody whose mission is to break into remote computers without proper authorization through the use of communication networks, the most common of which is the internet. Though the term “hacker” essentially refers to somebody (normally computer programmers) who can subvert computer security without any malicious purpose, the definition of the word has evolved into a term referring to computer criminals who exploit their computer savvy abilities to illegally access computer systems for malicious purposes. Here is a list of the top 25 most notorious hackers to ever get caught.

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