Mathew Bevan

Mathew Bevan (born 10 June 1974 in Cardiff, Wales) is a British hacker. Under the alias Kuji, he was arrested in 1996 for hacking into secure US government networks. He hacked into the Griffiss Air Force Base Research Laboratory in New York at the age of 21. His sole tool for proving a UFO Conspiracy Theory was a Commodore Amiga loaded with a blueboxing program called Roxbox. He was one of two hackers accused of almost starting a third world war. According to Supervisory Special Agent Jim Christy, who worked for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations at the time

In 1996, Matthew Bevan and Richard Pryce led a group of British hackers who breached multiple military networks, including Griffiss Air Force Base, the Defense Information System Agency, and the Korean Atomic Research Institute (KARI). After dumping KARI research onto American military systems, Bevan (Kuji) and Pryce (Datastream Cowboy) have been accused of nearly starting a third world war. Bevan claims he was looking to prove a UFO conspiracy theory, and his case is similar to Gary McKinnon's, according to the BBC. Bevan and Pryce demonstrated, whether with malicious intent or not, that even military networks are vulnerable.

• Born: 10 June 1974 (age 47)Cardiff, Wales
• Occupation: Hacker