# Markus Hess

> Markus Hess is a German hacker and spy who was active in the 1980s. Alongside Dirk Brzezinski and Peter Carl, Hess hacked into networks of military and industrial computers based in the United States, Europe and East Asia, and sold the information to the Soviet KGB for US$54,000. During his time working for the KGB, Hess is estimated to have broken into 400 U.S. military computers. The hacked material included "sensitive semiconductor, satellite, space, and aircraft technologies".

*German hacker*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/markus-hess

## Identity
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1960-01-01
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 35.0 / 100

## Sources
- [مارکس ہیس](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B3_%DB%81%DB%8C%D8%B3)
- [ماركوس هيس (جاسوس من المانيا)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B3_(%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7))
- [Markus Hess (Hacker)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Hess_(Hacker))
- [Markus Hess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Hess)
- [Markus Hess](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Hess)
- [マルクス・ヘス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%B9)
- [Markus Hess](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Hess)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100244)

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