Linus Benedict Torvalds

Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish American software engineer and hacker, who was the principal force behind the development of the Linux kernel. He later became the chief architect of the Linux kernel, and now acts as the project's coordinator. 

Julian Paul Assange

Julian Paul Assange is an Australian editor, activist, publisher and journalist. He is best known as the editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks, which publishes submissions of secret information, news.

Tsutomu Shimomura

Tsutomu Shimomura is an American scientist and computer security expert based in the United States, who became an instant celebrity when he, together with computer journalist John Markoff, tracked down and helped the FBI arrest hacker Kevin Mitnick.

Jonathan Joseph James

Jonathan Joseph James, a.k.a. c0mrade, was an American hacker who was the first juvenile incarcerated for cybercrime in the United States.

Albert Gonzalez

Albert Gonzalez is a computer hacker and computer criminal who is accused of masterminding the combined credit card theft and subsequent reselling of more than 170 million card and ATM numbers from 2005.