Kevin Poulsen
Kevin Lee Poulsen(right) & Kevin Mitnick(center)
Kevin Poulsen, also known as “Dark Dante,” gained his fifteen minutes of fame by utilizing his intricate knowledge of telephone systems. At one point, he hacked a radio station’s phone lines and fixed himself as the winning caller, earning him a brand new Porsche. According to media, he was called the “Hannibal Lecter of computer crime.”
He then earned his way onto the FBI’s wanted list when he hacked into federal systems and stole wiretap information. Funny enough, he was later captured in a supermarket and sentenced to 51 months in prison, as well paying $56,000 in restitution.
His Achivment:
Like Kevin Mitnick, Poulsen changed his ways after being released from prison. He began working as a journalist and is now a senior editor for Wired News at Wired.com. Also, his tenure won the 2008 Knight-Batten Award for Innovation in Journalism, the 2010 MIN award for best blog and both Webby and People's Voice awards in 2011.In June 2010, Poulsen and a co-writer broke the news that the government had secretly arrested a young Army intelligence analyst on suspicion of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks.At one point, he even helped law enforcement to identify 744 sex offenders on MySpace to solicit sex from children.Kevin Poulsen is the author of the cybercrime book KINGPIN :"How One Hacker Took Over the Billion Dollar Cyber Crime Underground" .
His Twitter Account
https://twitter.com/kpoulsen
For More Info
http://www.amazon.com/Kevin-Poulsen/e/B003UQW6GC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Poulsen