Electron (computer hacker)

Not to be confused with Tron (hacker).

Richard Jones
BornJune 1969 (age 55)
Other namesElectron, Nom

Electron was the computer handle of Richard Jones, a member of an underground hacker community called The Realm.[1] Jones, born in June 1969, was one of three members of the group arrested in simultaneous raids by the Australian Federal Police in Melbourne, Australia, on 2 April 1990.[2] All three — Nahshon Even-Chaim (also known as Phoenix), Electron and Nom (real name David John Woodcock) — were convicted of a range of computer crimes involving the intrusion into US defense and government computer systems and the theft of an online computer security newsletter in the late 1980s and early 1990.

  1. ^ "Phrack Editorial". Phrack. 1994-09-20. p. 2a. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  2. ^ Markoff, John (1990-04-04). "Arrests in Computer Break-Ins Show a Global Peril". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-03-10.