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pradeep 1May2005 22:29

The Word Hacking "Where it Came From and How"?
The FBI is monitoring "potential vulnerabilities" in computer networks that could leave portions of the Internet open to disruption by hackers, the agency said last week in a News Paper." We're aware of potential vulnerabilities... and to date there have been no confirmed exploitations of these vulnerabilities," said Steven Berry, spokesman for the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center.

Some experts believe that computer crime is nothing more than ordinary crime committed by high-tech computers and that current criminal laws on the books should be applied to the various laws broken, such as trespass, larceny, and conspiracy. Others view cyber-crime as a new category of crime requiring a comprehensive new legal framework to address the unique nature of the emerging technologies and the unique set of challenges that traditional crimes do not deal with; such as: jurisdiction, international cooperation, 2 intent, and the difficulty of identifying the perpetrator. Another source of confusion is the meaning of "hacker" and "cracker" and the distinction behind their motivations.

Word "HACKING", different people have different views on the hacking scene. Often times, people of similar skill level have similar opinions. There is no official definition of a hacker, rather a vague idea amongst the masses. In addition, the media loves to add false information to draw audiences' attention across the nation, for the pure sake of money.



In the 1970s, "Captain Crunch" devised a way to make free long distance calls and groups of phone hackers; later dubbed "phreakers" emerged. Throughout the 1970s and halfway into the 1980s, Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) spit out fresh new innovations such as the laser printer and LANs.


Hackers have developed methods to exploit security holes in various computer systems. As protocols become updated, hackers probe them on a never-ending mission to make computing more secure. When hacking first originated, the urge to hack into computer systems was based purely on curiosity. Curiosity of what the system did, how the system could be used, HOW the system did what did, and WHY it did what it did.

Hacktivism in recent years, according to the Department of Justice's National Infrastructure Protection Center, there has been a rise in what has been dubbed "hacktivism." Hacktivists launch politically motivated attacks on public web pages or e-mail servers. The hacking groups and individuals, or Hacktivists, overload e-mail servers by sending massive amounts of e-mail to one address and hack into web sites to send a political message. In 1999, for example, political activists protesting the site's politics attacked the homepages for the White House, the U.S. Department of the Interior, White Pride, the United States Senate, Green peace, and the Klu Klux Klan. One such group is called the "Electronic Disturbance Theater," which promotes civil disobedience on-line to raise awareness for its political agenda regarding the Zapatista movement in Mexico and other issues. Also, during the 1999 NATO conflict in Yugoslavia, hackers attacked web sites in NATO countries, including the United States, using virus-infected e-mail and other hacking techniques. On February 7, 2000, the official web site of the Austrian Freedom Party was hacked to protest the inclusion of J?Haider and his party into a coalition Austrian government.


And finally, hackers who naively believe in their right to access information must be made aware that even harmless computer intrusions can trigger criminal sanctions. The financial stakes have risen dramatically over the past five years. Until there are more high profile hacking prosecutions, naﶥ hackers will continue to believe that they are invulnerable and their hacks are a form of innocent digital thrill seeking. Nevertheless, over the next few years, there will be a few hackers whose only hacking and cracking is going to be breaking rocks on a chain gang.

bugmenot 15Jul2007 13:07

Re: The Word Hacking "Where it Came From and How"?
tooooooooooooo lengthy .... sorry bro

pradeep 16Jul2007 10:08

Not that long for a subject so vast!

SpOonWiZaRd 18Jul2007 20:27

I think that is a interesting article if you had to ask me before, I would say that I didn't know that...

Nice, not many arcticles bout that though but that only makes it unique...


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