HACKERS

a person who breaks into computers, but does no harm, usually for fun or just the challenge

a person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular

The Jargon File, a compendium of hacker slang, defines hacker as "A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and stretching their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary."

In home computing, a hacker is a person who heavily modifies the software or hardware of their own computer system. It includes building, rebuilding, modifying and creating software (software cracking, demo scene) and electronic hardware (hardware hacking, modding) either to make it better, faster, give added features or to make it do something it was never intended to do

WHAT IS A HACKER?

White Hats

Grey Hats

Black Hats

Script Kiddies

Hacktivists

TYPES OF HACKERS

Jonathan James First juvenile to be sent to prison for

hacking, He was just 16 years old at the time.

Defence Threat Reduction Agency Viewed over three thousand

messages, employee usernames and passwords.

Cracked into NASA computers, stealing software valued at roughly 1.7 million

"The code itself was crappy . . . certainly not worth $1.7 million like they claimed."

FAMOUS HACKERS

Kevin Mitnick "the most wanted computer criminal in

United States history." – The Department of Justice

Went on a two and a half year "coast-to-coast hacking spree."

Motorola, Nokia and sun Microsystems and the national defence warning system.

FAMOUS HACKERS

Tsutomu Shimomura: Hacked by Kevin Mitnick FBI Spent 2 and a half years

searching for Mitnick Shimomura and a phone

company technician used a cellular frequency direction finding antenna hooked up to his laptop to pinpoint Mitnicks location.

It took them 30 minutes

FAMOUS HACKERS

Stephen Wozniak: the "other Steve" of Apple. Wozniak,

along with current Apple CEO Steve Jobs, co-founded Apple Computer.

Blue Boxes: which were devices that bypass telephone-switching mechanisms to make free long-distance calls

FAMOUS HACKERS

MAN IN THE MIDDLE

Hackers Conscience Read the “Hackers Manifesto” by The

Mentor

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