NSA contractor who exposed PRISM and global mass surveillance in 2013. Gave everything to tell the world it was being watched. Still in exile. Still right. Serves as president of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.

Founded WikiLeaks in 2006. Published the Iraq War Logs, Afghan War Diary, and Collateral Murder video. Spent 7 years in the Ecuadorian embassy and 5 years in Belmarsh prison. Released June 2024 after pleading guilty to one espionage count.

Co-created RSS at age 14. Helped build Reddit and Creative Commons. Faced 35 years and $1M in fines for downloading academic articles from JSTOR. Took his own life on January 11, 2013. He was 26 years old. The internet's own boy.

US Army intelligence analyst who leaked the Iraq War Logs, Afghan War Diary, and the Collateral Murder video to WikiLeaks. Served 7 years. Commuted by Obama. Imprisoned again in 2019 for refusing to testify against Assange. Free and still fighting.

The most wanted computer criminal in US history. Hacked Nokia, Motorola, and the NSA. Served 5 years including 8 months in solitary confinement because the government claimed he could launch nuclear missiles by whistling into a phone. Became the world's most famous security consultant. Died July 2023.

Hacked Stratfor Global Intelligence and released 5 million emails to WikiLeaks, exposing the private surveillance-for-hire industry. Sentenced to 10 years — the maximum. Released 2020. Worked with Sabu, who was informing for the FBI at the time.

Journalist and Anonymous spokesperson imprisoned for sharing a hyperlink to already-public Stratfor data. Faced 105 years. Served 63 months. Free now. Still writing. Still correct about everything. His case defines the criminalization of journalism.

Creator of Silk Road — the first modern darknet marketplace. Sentenced to life without parole for a non-violent first offense. The Silk Road parallel that lulz-sec.com's own name references. Pardoned by President Trump in January 2025 after 11 years.