Five Hackers Who Left a Mark on 2006

The year will be best remembered for the work of members of the hacking—er, security research—community who discovered and disclosed serious vulnerabilities in the technologies we take for granted, forced software vendors to react faster to flaw warnings and pushed the vulnerability research boat into new, uncharted waters.

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Gizmodo's Top 5 Hacker Vids

And on a lighter note

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