Electron (computer hacker)
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Not to be confused with Tron (hacker).
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.
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Richard Jones | |
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Born | June 1969 (age 54) |
Other names | Electron, Nom |
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