Jonathan James
c0mrade in action
Jonathan Joseph James was an American black hat hacker. Under the nickname c0mrade, he gained great notoriety when, at the age of only 15, he penetrated, among other things, servers of the United States Department of Defense.
"I was just looking around, playing around. What was fun for me was a challenge to see what I could pull off."
-C0mrade in an interview with pbc.org
Timeline of c0mrade's life
1983
Born in Miami
1999
Hacked BellSouth & Miami-Dade County
1999
Hacked Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
2000
Hacked Marshall Space Flight Center downloading software worth 1.7 million US-Dollar allowing him to control temperature and humidity on board of the international space station (ISS)
2000
Arrest and Trial
2007
Criminal Hackers infiltrated TJX Companies downloading data from 45.7 million customers, c0mrade, who suffered from depression at the time was a friend of some of that hackers and was suspected being part of the action
2008
Jonathan shot himself in the shower leaving a farewell letter