Are Hackers A Threat? The Degree Of

As A Young Boy, I Was Taught In High School That Hacking Was Cool.

It's True, I Had Hacked Into A Lot Of Companies, And Took Copies Of The Source Code To Analyze It For Security Bugs. If I Could Locate Security Bugs, I Could Become Better At Hacking Into Their Systems. It Was All Towards Becoming A Better Hacker.

All They Need To Do Is To Set Up Some Website Somewhere Selling Some Bogus Product At Twenty Percent Of The Normal Market Prices And People Are Going To Be Tricked Into Providing Their Credit Card Numbers.

Back In My Day, I Would Probe By Hand. Now You Can Get Commercial Software That Does The Job For You.

It Was Used For Decades To Describe Talented Computer Enthusiasts, People Whose Skill At Using Computers To Solve Technical Problems And Puzzles Was - And Is - Respected And Admired By Others Possessing Similar Technical Skills.