Ranking of the current state of hackers in the world

Israel has become the world's king in terms of the number of hackers, with Hong Kong ranking second.

In the first half of 2002, Israel ranked first in the world in the number of attacks by computer hackers on Internet users, according to a study published by the American security company Riptech. The study found that there are an average of 33.1 hackers for every 10,000 Israeli people who go online.

Hong Kong ranked second, with an average of 22.1 hackers per 10,000 Hong Kong Internet users, followed by France (19.9), Belgium (17.6) and Thailand (15.9).

Riptech was founded in 1998 to specialize in providing real-time information protection. Its largest customer is the US Department of Defense. The company publishes two special reports a year to analyze the most prominent attacks by cyber hackers in the past six months. The report for the first half of this year is the result of a sample analysis of 400 companies around the world, according to which some 180,000 hackers attacked Internet servers.

According to the report, the number of online hackers increased by 28% compared to the same period last year. In the first half of 2002, hackers attacked companies an average of 32 times a week, compared to 25 in the same period last year.

Ninety-nine percent of these attacks did not cause harm to corporate network servers. Hackers are attacking networks almost every hour of the day, but the number of attacks is relatively lower on weekends (19%), with Wednesday being the most attacked day of the week (16.4%). Private companies are the main targets of attacks (68 per cent), public institutions (21 per cent) and government companies (4 per cent) are rarely attacked. Electricity companies were targeted in the first half of this year (70 per cent), an increase of 57 per cent over the same period in 2001. Financial firms were also among the most targeted (46%), followed by public institutions (32%) and high-tech enterprises (27%). Hospitals and health organizations were among the least attacked units (9 per cent).

According to Riptech's survey, online hackers are mainly from the United States (40%), Germany (7.6%), South Korea (7.4%), China (6.9%) and France (5.2%). The survey also found that only 1 percent of hackers in the first half of this year came from the following countries identified by the Pentagon as sponsors of terror: Iran, Iraq, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea, Syria and Libya.

The world's No. 1 hacker

1. Gifted talents

Kevin. Kevin Mitnick was born in 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA

When Turnnick was 3 years old, his father* divorced, and this experience made Ternick's personality become withdrawn. In the late '70s, at the age of 13, Mitnik (who was still in elementary school at the time) fell in love with amateur radio and learned the joy of crossing space while connecting with radio enthusiasts around the world. He quickly became fascinated by the only computer in the community's "Elementary School Club", and as a result, he acquired a wealth of computer knowledge and superb xx skills. This child, who was unanimously considered by the teachers to be smart and promising, did something that shocked the adults: he used the school computer to break into the network of other schools.

Since then, Mittnik has left school.

The success of the invasion excites Mitnik. With the money he earned from his part-time job, he bought a computer that was performing well at the time, and with patience and perseverance far beyond his years, he broke into the mysterious world of hackers. At the age of 15, Mitnik successfully hacked into the host of the "North American Air Defense Command System".

This intrusion has become a classic in the history of hackers.

Not long after the invasion of the "North American Air Defense Command System," Mitnik successfully deciphered the "account change code" of the US "Pacific Telephone Company" communications network in Southern California. The boy's mischievous nature led him to change the phone numbers and mailing addresses of the company's computer users, especially well-known people. For a while, the users were tossed and laughed, and Pacific had to apologize again and again. The company finally realized that it wasn't a computer malfunction, but someone had deciphered the code, but their remedy for changing the password was already a trick in front of Mitnick.

2. First arrest

The succession of successful cases has boosted Mitnik's confidence. He targeted the FBI's computer network. One day, when Mitnick discovers that FBI agents are investigating a computer hacker, he secretly reads the agents' investigation materials with great interest, and is suddenly surprised to see that the person being investigated is actually himself!

Mitnik immediately used all his skills to decipher the code of the FBI's "central computer system" and carefully checked the "report on the progress of the case" every day. Soon, Mitnik became dismissive of the agents, and he began to mock the agents, and mischievously dismissed several of the agents in charge of the investigation, changing his profile to a complete criminal. However, with the help of an advanced "computer network information tracking machine", the agents were able to capture Mitnik. When the agents discovered that the hacker who had embarrassed them was a child under the age of 16, they were all shocked.

Since cybercrime was still a novelty at the time, there were few legal precedents, and the court only sent Mitnick to a juvenile correctional facility. He became the world's first "computer network juvenile delinquent".

3. Wanted by the FBI

Soon, Mitnik was released on parole. In 1983, he was sentenced to six months in a youth correctional facility for illegally accessing the Pentagon's computer network through the ARPA network. In 1988, he was arrested again for hacking into the digital equipment company DEC. In 1990, he set his sights on some large, reputable companies. In a short period of time, he entered the networks of 5 major companies in the United States (Sun, Novell, NEC, Nokia and Motorola) in succession, modifying user profiles in computers. Just as the police were about to arrest him again, Mitnik disappeared and lived an underground life in exile. In order to arrest him as soon as possible, in 1993, the FBI set a trap and used a bribed hacker to lure Mitnik into committing the crime, in order to recapture him.

Mitnick hacked into a telephone network again without knowing the inside story, and while the FBI congratulated them on their success, Mitnick easily entered the FBI's intranet again and quickly saw through their trap and fled. For this, the FBI immediately issued a nationwide arrest warrant for him. Mitnik thus attracted the world's attention by becoming the first computer hacker wanted by the FBI in the United States. In July 1994, Mitnick was selected as the cover character by Time magazine. The media called him a superman who can do anything and can wage computer wars at any time. At this time, he was included in the list of the top 10 most wanted fugitives in the FBI.

Fourth, Waterloo

On December 25, 1994, the vanished Mitnik struck again, this time targeting the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Because of this attack, Mitnik earned the title of "Hell Hacker". It was also because of this attack that Mitnik angered a well-known computer security expert---- Totomu Shimomura, which led to the biggest Waterloo of his life.

Shimomura was a Japanese computer expert who was responsible for the security of computer data at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. Furious by Mitnick's intrusion, Shimomura decides to use his security skills to help the FBI bring Mitnick to justice in order to recover his losses and teach Mitnick a lesson.

This is a contest between masters, a contest of super-IQ without swords and swords. Shimomura finally discovered Mitnik's traces on February 14, 1995, and seized him by using the agitation to induce Mitnik. In France, Mitnik showed sincere admiration for the esteemed scientist. As a result of this operation, Shimomura was called the best computer security expert in the United States by the American media.

The Federal Court charged Mitnik with 25 counts of illegally stealing phone passwords, stealing L/C numbers, and breaking into other people's networks

And he held Mitnik in custody for four and a half years without trial. During this time, Mitnick has been held in prison without bail, the most drastic measure ever taken against a highly intelligent criminal in the history of American justice.

However, prisons can lock people, but they can't lock up technology. Mitnik somehow got an AM/FM radio and adapted it to eavesdrop on prison administrators' conversations, and the prison had to keep him in solitary confinement in a cell in 1997.

5. Bail

Mitnick's imprisonment not only did not make this unsecured network secure, but instead allowed a group of highly skilled computer hackers to form an alliance. On December 8, 1997, hackers around the world who were supporting Mitnik demanded that the U.S. government release Mitnik. They preached

If the demands are not met, they will activate the virus that has been placed in many computers around the world through the network. Paralyze the network in an instant. If Mitnik is released, they will provide a solution to the virus. The hackers even set up a website called "Free Mitnik" ({BRwww.)" to count down his release.

In January 2001, Mitnik was released under surveillance after pleading guilty to telephone tapping and the use of computer fraud to illegally steal computer network data. After the release, it must be observed: it is not allowed to touch computers, mobile phones and any other devices that can access the Internet; Must stay in Central California and are not allowed to travel elsewhere; For at least 7 years, you are not allowed to talk about hacking techniques or any benefits gained from the hacking experience.

Mitnick's release from prison coincided with the 2000 H2K conference, and although he was not physically present at the conference, he still gave a telephone address in Los Angeles, where countless hackers and activists packed the two conference halls. In the face of increasingly serious cyber security, government officials had to bring in Mitnik, hoping that he would provide inside information about hacker attacks on computer networks, so as to improve the ability of government computer networks to resist hacker attacks.

Now Mitnik has promised the government that he will change his ways, but his legendary legacy has made him the best computer master in the history of hacking. As one investigator said of Mitnik: there seems to be an umbilical cord between the computer and his soul.

That's why as long as he's in front of a computer, he's a giant.

PS: Aren't these deeds amazing? It is enough to prove the power of reality.

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What does this mean? InterviewStreet believes that the basic mathematics and logic skills of programming skills are examined, which at least shows that the level of science and engineering education of programmers in the United States and Europe is not as good as China's, which even worries foreigners that China has surpassed various traditional IT powers in hacking technology. Of course, the editor thinks that it cannot be ruled out that the original team of Lan Xiang has graduated......

The Chinese Hacker Alliance is not inferior to the world ranking 25

According to the German website ALLDas last year, the world's top 25 hacker groups, most of them have "brilliant achievements", the silver God in the first place has altered 864 websites, and the "China Hacker Alliance", which has played a pivotal role in the Sino-US hacker war, is not far behind, ranking 25th.

Silver God has altered a total of 864 websites, or 5.92 percent of the total, and its core members are four members between the ages of 16 and 19, three Pakistani and one from Brazil, and the group specializes in hacking windows, FreeBSD, and China-developed Red Flag servers. PoizonBox, which ranked second, was not far behind, altering 629 websites, or 4.31 percent of the total.

The technology used by Chinese hackers is no less than that of other hackers in the world, and China's main hacking organizations include the "China Hawks Alliance", "Security Focus", and "China Red Guest Alliance", of which the "China Hawks Alliance" has a total of 27,000 members. The average age of the members of these hacking groups is only 20 to 27 years old, and most of them are students.

What amazes us even more is that the webmaster of the China Hacker Alliance, "Zhang Wanli", is only 19 years old!!!