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Profile of a Hacker

Profile of a Hacker By Tommy Westerman An Attacker’s Psychological Profile? Temple Grandin, a sufferer of a mental disorder Asperger Syndrome, hypothesized that hackers may suffer from the same disorder.

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Profile of a Hacker

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  1. Profile of a Hacker By Tommy Westerman

  2. An Attacker’s Psychological Profile? • Temple Grandin, a sufferer of a mental disorder Asperger Syndrome, hypothesized that hackers may suffer from the same disorder. • Though that Kevin Mitnick and several other widely know hackers displayed symptons of Asperger Syndrome.

  3. What is Asperger Syndrome? • Asperger Syndrome (AS) is a neurobiological disorder named for a Viennese physician, Hans Asperger, who in 1944 published a paper which described its symptoms. • It has only been recently studied by professionals.

  4. What is Asperger Syndrom? (cont.) • Poor social skills • Fidgeting, restlessness, inability to make eye contact, unresponsive to cues in social interaction, such as facial expressions or body language. • Exceptional ability to remember long strings of numbers.

  5. What is Asperger Syndrom? (cont.) • Ability to focus on a technical problem intensely and for a long time, although easily distracted on other problems and unable to manage several tasks at once. • Over sensitive to light, smell, ect… • Odd an unusual behavior. • And…

  6. What is Asperger Syndrom? (cont.) • Deeply honest and law abiding!? • Most hackers will say that they do what they do to find security holes and other helpful things, not to hurt others.

  7. How Does AS Relate to Hackers? • Though AS sufferers are generally of normal intelligence, they are still very technical and can concentrate on a single task for a long time. • They exist in their own universe where they’re using their skills to do a justice to society.

  8. Why does AS and Hacking Mix? • Highly Specialized in certain technical fields. • These are the people that designed and built our computers. • They seem to know computer language better than natural language.

  9. Does AS Relate to Hackers? • There have been no in-depth studies to confirm this. • Nothing has been proved. • The link between hackers and AS can be seen in many cases.

  10. AS in the past? • AS was first discussed in the 1940’s, long before computers and hackers, so what did they do before modern computing?

  11. AS in the Past? (cont.) • AS can be linked to early Cryptography. • AS sufferers were the ones that cracked the Enigma Machine! • Alan Turing was even thought to be AS!

  12. The End! • Happy Birthday to me! • Any questions?

  13. Bibliography • Asperger Syndrome, What is it? http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/aswhatisit.html • Link Found Between Autism and Hacking. http://www.vnunet.com/news/1134527 • Profile of a Hacker. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/cyberspace/jan-june98/hacker_profile.html • Takedown.com Kevin Mitnick. http://www.takedown.com/bio/mitnick.htm • Security in Computing, Charles P. Pfleeger and Shari Lawrence Pfleeger.

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