10 Greatest Hackers Who Did The Unbelievable

6. Kevin Poulsen

Poulsen, like many of the greatest hackers, used his skills more for fun than anything else. He hacked into a radio station’s phone line just to win a Porsche. He also reactivated the phone numbers of yellow page escorts. After getting caught by the FBI and sent to prison for five years he became a journalist and white hack hacker.

He released the names of 744 people attempting to use MySpace to manipulate children into sleeping with them with them. He’s now an editor at Wired, and helped create SecureDrop.