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Jay Dyson
Dyson was best known for his work as a security consultant with NASA during his life. In addition, he would be known as one of the people who started Coffee Wars at Defcon 8.
Jason Michael Downey
Defendant Jason Michael Downey pleaded guilty to Computer Intrusion, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1030(a)(5)(A)(I), on June 20, 2007.
Downey operated a botnet, a network of computers that he infected with a virus program giving him control over several thousand computers. Downey used this program to direct the botnet to attack several Internet companies, resulting in a loss of approximately $21,000.
Roadrunner
Computer, and network security specialist. Got a degree in Astronomy from UCL in 1988. After graduation from UCL he spent several years working at Aberystwyth as a Systems Programmer. Sun Microsystems hired him in in 1992,where he helped define security standards, research firewalls, and developed WAN-scale network security auditing tools.
