Power of Data Visualization

Hacking has been around as long as computers as a way to reconfigure or reprogram a system to give access to someone who otherwise shouldn’t have that access. In the media, any electronic manipulation is often referred to as hacking, though “cracking” may often be more appropriate. Thanks to hacking, computer geeks can be “cool and dangerous”.

From the Phreakers to Conficker, hacking for good and evil has evolved over the years. Here is a chronology of some of the most famous hackers over the past few decades made by focus.com