10 Hacks that Made Headlines

There have been computer and network hacks for, well, pretty much as long as we've had computers and networks. The motives behind these intrusions have ranged from curiosity to paranoia , through today --when most high-profile hacks are driven by either greed or some form of ideology.

Here are the list of ten hacking incidents through history that made some of the biggest headlines.

• Markus Hess hacks on behalf of the KGB 
• Robert Morris hacks the Internet 
• Vladimir Levin hacks Citibank 
• Jonathon James hacks NASA 
• Adrian Lamo hacks the New York Times 
• Gary McKinnon hacks the US military 
• Albert Gonzalez hacks TJX (and many more) 
• Anonymous hacks HB 
• Gary Lulzsec hacks Sony 
• News of the World hacking scandal  

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