Adrian Lamo

Boston-born security enthusiast Adrian Lamo has been alternately described as the most effective and controversial hacker of the 21st century, the "Bobby Fischer of hacking", and a common criminal. His alleged high-profile computer intrusions have been the subject of hundreds of news articles, television segments, and book citations.

Spurred into an award-winning career in journalism and a reconsideration of his hacking ways by a 2003 arrest, La...