Claim to fame:
In 1990 Poulsen took over all telephone lines going into Los Angeles area radio station KIIS-FM, assuring that he would be the 102nd caller. Poulsen won a Porsche 944 S2 for his efforts.

First encountered a computer:
When his parents bought him a TRS-80 (better known as a "Trash-80").

Unusual tools:
A set of locksmith tools he used to break into phone company trailers. He was caught after a friend commemorated the break-ins with snapshots of Poulsen picking locks.

Little-known fact:
Pleaded guilty to breaking into computers to get the names of undercover businesses operated by the FBI.