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Markus Hess. Markus Hess is a German hacker who was active in the 1980s. Alongside Dirk Brzezinski and Peter Carl, Hess hacked into networks of military and industrial computers based in the United States, Europe and East Asia, and sold the information to the Soviet KGB for US$54,000. [1] During his time working for the KGB, Hess is estimated ...
A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.
Computer hacking. Gary McKinnon (born 10 February 1966) is a Scottish [1] systems administrator and hacker who was accused by a US prosecutor in 2002 of perpetrating the "biggest military computer hack of all time". [2] McKinnon said that he was looking for evidence of free energy suppression and a cover-up of UFO activity and other ...
Fancy Bear[b] is a Russian cyber espionage group. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has said with a medium level of confidence that it is associated with the Russian military intelligence agency GRU. [7][8] The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office [9] as well as security firms SecureWorks, [10] ThreatConnect, [11] and Mandiant, [12] have also said ...
A hacker is a person skilled in information technology who achieves goals by non-standard means. The term has become associated in popular culture with a security hacker – someone with knowledge of bugs or exploits to break into computer systems and access data which would otherwise be inaccessible to them. In a positive connotation, though ...
Anonymous (hacker group) Anonymous. An emblem that is commonly associated with Anonymous. The "man without a head" represents anonymity and leaderless organization. [1] Individuals appearing in public as Anonymous, wearing Guy Fawkes masks. Formation.
A private military company (PMC) or private military and security company (PMSC) is a private company providing armed combat or security services for financial gain. PMCs refer to their personnel as " security contractors " or " private military contractors ". The services and expertise offered by PMCs are typically similar to those of ...
Rules. The rules are: Do not attack civilian targets. [ 1][ 2] Do not use malware or other tools or techniques that spread automatically and attack military and civilian targets indiscriminately. [ 1][ 2] When planning a cyber-attack against a military target, do everything possible to avoid or minimise any impact on civilians. [ 1][ 2]