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The Internet and National Security: Protecting Information from Hackers

Explore the importance of information security and the risks of hacking in the age of the internet. Examine ethical and legal implications of accessing classified information, and the consequences of jeopardizing national security.

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The Internet and National Security: Protecting Information from Hackers

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  1. TOP SECRET The INTERNET and NATIONAL SECURITY By the H. BELL graphic design corporationtm Presentation courtsey of H. Bell EIT student 1999

  2. POWER - MONEY - FAME - WORLD DOMINATION Who doesn’t want it? How do we get it? - Simple, INFORMATION We live in the age of information, and with the advent of the Internet, information is accessible from almost any location in the world. It didn’t take long for some bright sparks to “hack” secret information, government or otherwise, and decide to use it for their own financial gains. A lot of highly classified information is held by organisations with links to the web, making it easier for hackers to get access. Its happened before - and it will happen again.

  3. QUESTION 1: Obviously, hacking and using stolen information for financial gain is very unethical, but if you had the know-how, would you do it? Eds Big Boo-Boo A tale of one mans quest to become the most infamous Internet systems hacker that ever lived. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, 3 million people will die QUESTION 2: Knowing that national security is a very serious matter, is it legal/ethical for government organisations to ‘trace’ you? (And as a result beat you to a bloody pulp?)

  4. Microsoft Where would you like to nuke today? 99 Doomsday FRANCE QUESTION 3: After seeing this page, would you: A) Continue looking for little green men B) Let curiosity take a hold and type something in C) Have an outbreak of commonsense and exit while you still can

  5. “OH $%@!!” Quite innocently, Ed had started World War 3. About 3 million people died in the first few minutes which, naturally, the Pentagon wasn't to happy about. Realising his mistake, Ed starts to panic…..

  6. TOP SECRET QUESTION 4: Putting yourself in Eds shoes, would you: A) Confess to the whole mess B) Go hide under your blanket C) Gloat to your hacking friends on the net D) Continue looking for little green men QUESTION 5: Do you think a government has the right to seize a persons computer if it has been proven that they are responsible for hacking into secret information? “Information is ammunition”

  7. TOP SECRET This case study is maybe just a slightly exaggerated example of what could happen if nerds-in-training such as us, one day decide to follow the dark path of the hacker and somehow jeopardise the security of the nation as a whole. National Security is a very serious, and very costly matter. Governments spend large sums of money to protect their systems, and rightly so to. Much of the information stored on government systems is integral to the economic, industrial and military well being of the country - To have it fall into the wrong hands would be disastrous. “Information is power - hide it well”

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