Download Hackers On the Computer Should Get Prosecuted

Mayling Nil
CIS 1055 Section 22
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Practice of modifying computer hardware
Practice of modifying computer software
Most common among teenagers and young
adults
They enjoy programming and have expert
level skills in particular programs
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Enjoys learning details of a programming
language
Enjoys doing the programming
Person capable of appreciating someone
else’s hacking
Person who pick up programming quickly
Person who is an expert in a particular
programming language
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How to program
Get one of the open source Unixes
Learn how to use the internet and write HTML
Know functional English
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1970s- Origins of Hacker Subculture
1980s- 1985 – All Fun and War Games
1985 – 1990 – Theft and Bugs
1990- Combating the Perceived Hacker
Threat
2000 – New Trends
Graph of Home Computers
Do Not Regularly Update Anti-Virus Software
Do Not Have Properly and Securely Configured Firewalls
Parents Do Not Use Parental Controls
Users Have Spyware Lurking on Home Computers
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120%
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Hackers’ computer equipment, modems and
storage devices should be taken away.
First offense
Second offense
Third offense
Guy Hacking Into Temple’s Network
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