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Hackers

Hackers. What is a Hacker?. a person who breaks into computers, but does no harm, usually for fun or just the challenge a person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular

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Hackers

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  1. Hackers

  2. What is a Hacker? • a person who breaks into computers, but does no harm, usually for fun or just the challenge • a person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular • The Jargon File, a compendium of hacker slang, defines hacker as "A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and stretching their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary." • In home computing, a hacker is a person who heavily modifies the software or hardware of their own computer system. It includes building, rebuilding, modifying and creating software (software cracking, demo scene) and electronic hardware (hardware hacking, modding) either to make it better, faster, give added features or to make it do something it was never intended to do

  3. Types of Hackers • White Hats • Grey Hats • Black Hats • Script Kiddies • Hacktivists

  4. Famous Hackers • Jonathan James • First juvenile to be sent to prison for hacking, He was just 16 years old at the time. • Defence Threat Reduction Agency • Viewed over three thousand messages, employee usernames and passwords. • Cracked into NASA computers, stealing software valued at roughly 1.7 million • "The code itself was crappy . . . certainly not worth $1.7 million like they claimed."

  5. Famous Hackers • Kevin Mitnick • "the most wanted computer criminal in United States history." – The Department of Justice • Went on a two and a half year "coast-to-coast hacking spree." • Motorola, Nokia and sun Microsystems and the national defence warning system.

  6. Famous Hackers • Tsutomu Shimomura: • Hacked by Kevin Mitnick • FBI Spent 2 and a half years searching for Mitnick • Shimomura and a phone company technician used a cellular frequency direction finding antenna hooked up to his laptop to pinpoint Mitnicks location. • It took them 30 minutes

  7. Famous Hackers • Stephen Wozniak: • the "other Steve" of Apple. Wozniak, along with current Apple CEO Steve Jobs, co-founded Apple Computer. • Blue Boxes: which were devices that bypass telephone-switching mechanisms to make free long-distance calls

  8. Man in the middle

  9. More • Hackers Conscience • Read the “Hackers Manifesto” by The Mentor • Want to try? • Visit http://www.hackthissite.org

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