First published: 31st March 2007
PC World has made its choices for the 50 “Most Influential” people on the Web. Bruce Schneier, the well–known cryptographer and commentator on security issues, is number 31 in the list. Mikko Hyppönen, F-Secure’s Director of antivirus research, is the highest anti–virus researcher at number 43.
But both these are beaten by Jon Lech Johansen at number 18, the Norwegian hacker who broke the encryption system used on DVD movies. Johansen went on to crack Apple's iTunes DRM (repeatedly).