Friday, 15 July 2016

What is hacking ?

What is Hacking

Hacking is the practice of gaining the unauthorized aceess of a system, in order to viewing, editing, copying the information or to accomplish a goal outside of the creator's original purpose. The person who is consistently engaging in hacking activities is called a hacker.


Hacker is a term used by some to mean "a clever programmer" and by others, especially those in popular media, to mean "someone who tries to break into computer systems.

Why do hackers hack ?

Just for funTo show offNotify many people their thoughtsSteal important informationTo destroy enemy's computer network

Hacking Examples

Vladimir Levin hacks Citibank Russian crime ring leader Vladimir Levin managed to gain access to accounts located in the Citibank network and stole millions of dollars in 1995.

Jonathon James hacks NASA Jonathon James was 16 when, in 1999, he hacked into NASA, and downloaded proprietary software and informations

Advantages of Hacking

Can be used to recover lost information where the computer password has been lost.  Teaches you that no technology is 100% secure.  To test how good security is on your own network.  They call it white hat computer hacking.

Disadvantages of Hacking

Criminals  It can use it to their advantage. can harm someone's privacy  It's Illegal

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