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Hamza Bendelladj

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Hamza Bendelladj (Arabic: حمزة بن دلاج, romanized: Ḥamza ben Delāj; born 3 June 1988) is an Algerian cyberhacker and carder who goes by the code name BX1 and has been nicknamed the "Smiling Hacker". This led to a search for him that lasted 5 years. He was on the top 10 list of the most wanted hackers by Interpol and the FBI for allegedly embezzling tens of millions of dollars from more than two hundred American and European financial institutions via a computer virus, the "SpyEYE Botnet", which infected more than 60 million computers worldwide, mostly from the United States, and was developed with his Russian accomplice Aleksandr Andreivich Panin, a.k.a. "Gribodemon", to steal banking information stored on infected computers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Hamza Bendelladj is the 247th most popular computer scientist, the 217th most popular biography from Algeria and the most popular Algerian Computer Scientist.

Hamza Bendelladj, an Algerian hacker born in 1988, is most famous for creating and distributing the SpyEye malware, which was used for stealing banking credentials and other sensitive information. He was arrested in 2013 and later extradited to the United States, where he faced charges related to his cybercriminal activities.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Hamza Bendelladj ranks 247 out of 245. Before him are Andrej Karpathy, David Braben, Denny Vrandečić, Fabrice Bellard, David Heinemeier Hansson, and Andrew Tridgell. After him are Rich Skrenta, Eric Bina, Jordan Hubbard, Dave Hyatt, Dries Buytaert, and Valerie Aurora.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Hamza Bendelladj ranks 964. Before him are Eir Aoi, Ismail Al Hammadi, Atiye, Jaume Costa, Stephanie Rice, and Mamoudou Athie. After him are Eri Kamei, Bai Xue, Aleksandra Fedoriva, Tobias Sippel, Christian Ramos, and Christian Santos.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Hamza Bendelladj ranks 217 out of 213. Before him are Abdelkader Laïfaoui (1981), Larbi Benboudaoud (1974), Souad Aït Salem (1979), Mohamed Amoura (2000), Azzedine Doukha (1986), and Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche (1985). After him are Youcef Atal (1996), Nassima Saifi (1988), Kenza Farah (1986), Youcef Reguigui (1990), Azzedine Lagab (1986), and Sofiane Bendebka (1992).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Algeria

Among computer scientists born in Algeria, Hamza Bendelladj ranks 1. 

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