Hackers Misunderstood

Title: Hackers Misunderstood
Category: Literature / English | Words: 2132 | Pages: 9.1 (approximately 235 words/page)

Hackers Misunderstood

Over the years, to this date, the media has distorted the definition of a hacker. It has been morphed and demonized to someone who terrorizes cyberspace. However, the true hacker is someone who seeks knowledge and information. When hackers hack into systems or networks, it is to explore an operating system that is foreign to them. The younger generations have bred a new philosophy of hacking. Wannabe hackers who do not deserve the title “hacker” …showed first 75 words of 2132 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 2132 total…How should we deal with teenage hackers” Galen Skywatcher May 11, 1998 Thomas, Douglas. “Criminality of the Electronic Frontier: Corporeality and the judicial construction of the hacker.” December 1998 Hong Kong Voice of Democracy. “Two Chinese Hackers Given Death Sentences.” December 31, 1998 Christensen, John. “The Trials of Kevin Mitnick” CNN Interactive March 18, 1999 Espy, Bob. “Crime on the Internet.” Online http://www.woodward.edu/cs/csweb/csbob.html Nash, Kim. “What happens to computer criminals in jail.” Computer World October 23, 1998

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