Information about hackers

A hacker is a person that bypasses the security of the computer system by exploiting vulnerabilities.

The term "Piracy" by a model training Club at the Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT), is who would steal trains make faster you go.

Origins

Software piracy begins in the 1960s in the MIT, as students started his studies of computers that with developed during the Decade.

There was also pirate phone line called "Phreaks" manipulated AT & T free system to calls in the 1970s. Increase in the use of the computer, Congress adopted the computer fraud and Act 1986 illegal hack.

Main types

There are several types of hackers.

White hat hackers give a computer systems to inform suppliers of security vulnerabilities in the system for repair. Intentions are the Black Hat hacker computer systems less noble as you hack to destroy you. Grey Hat hacker hats, are more in line with the questionable ethics as white because you often dissemination of information about the public vulnerabilities.

Other types

There is also a blue hat hackers, a term for hackers, which hired by Microsoft to find weaknesses in the security of the Windows operating system.

"Boys" is a generic term for fans of hackers that created ready-made tools - often by other experienced - use pirates to interfere with computer systems.

Why

In addition to help suppliers, to improve your systems and simple suggestion breeze

R security and caused problems, other reasons for piracy. Some hacker known as "Bases" in systems and problems for political reasons to firstcases. Others steal espionage Enterprise for probably to get business information of others, or Insider pirate your Owsystème Enterprise n recovery or money. Some hackers urge systems require keylogging, as well as some hacker in Germany West for the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

Famous pirates

Famous hacker Adrian lamo, hacked systems for companies such as Bank of America and New York among times indicating your vulnerabilities and Jonathan James, who a minor, was stolen when he some useful software, NASA has used to control the international space station.

Among the hacker also founded, Apple Steve jobs and Steve Wozniak, who "blue box" system piracy AT & T produced, make free calls.