Markus Hess

Markus Hess
Born (1960-01-01) January 1, 1960 (age 64)
Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationProgrammer
Known forComputer security hacking

Markus Hess is a German hacker who was active in the 1980s. Alongside Dirk Brzezinski and Peter Carl, Hess hacked into networks of military and industrial computers based in the United States, Europe and East Asia, and sold the information to the Soviet KGB for US$54,000.[1] During his time working for the KGB, Hess is estimated to have broken into 400 U.S. military computers.[2] The hacked material included "sensitive semiconductor, satellite, space, and aircraft technologies".[3]

  1. ^ "2 W. Germans Get Suspended Terms as Computer Spies". Los Angeles Times. Reuters. 16 February 1990. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  2. ^ Goodchild, Joan. "10 Infamous Hacks and Hackers". CIO. Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  3. ^ Piore, Adam (2012). "Digital Spies: The Alarming Rise of Electronic Espionage". Popular Mechanics. 189: 52.