10 Greatest Hackers Who Did The Unbelievable

9. Adrian Lamo “The Homeless Hacker”

Lamo became famous in 2003 for hacking into several websites including Yahoo!, the New York Times, and Microsoft. He was nicknamed “The Homeless Hacker” by the media, and was responsible for outing Chelsea Manning to the FBI.

Chelsea Manning was a hacker who released many important documents about the US government. Lamo has now been institutionalized for mental illness and diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. He was praised by the first website he hacked into, which likely emboldened him do it again, but the next one didn’t go so well. He hacked into the New York Times, perhaps expecting them to praise him as well, instead, they filed a warrant for his arrest. He went into hiding, but eventually was caught. “Anything I could say about my person or my actions would only cheapen what they have to say for themselves”.