Dennis Moran (computer criminal)

Dennis Moran
Born
Dennis Michael Moran

(1982-10-27)October 27, 1982
DiedApril 14, 2013(2013-04-14) (aged 30)
Other names
  • Coolio
  • Sinned
OccupationComputer hacker

Dennis Michael Moran (October 27, 1982 – April 14, 2013), also known by his alias Coolio, was an American computer hacker from Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, who was accused in February 2000 of a series of denial-of-service attacks that shut down some of the most popular websites on the Internet. He was 17 years old when he committed the attacks. He was later arrested and pleaded guilty to defacing the websites of Drug Abuse Resistance Education and RSA Security, as well as unauthorized access of the U.S. Army and Air Force computer systems at four military bases. Moran died of a drug overdose in 2013.[1]

  1. ^ "7 security luminaries lost in 2013". CSO. December 24, 2013. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved October 3, 2019.