In today’s world, it has become so easy to hack. We hear about hacking all of the time. People get their email accounts hacked and emails containing viruses are sent to all of their contacts. People are always watching movies for free online, because someone stole them. People make purchases online and pay using a credit card, hackers can find the credit card number and them make ridiculous purchases and make an innocent person be eaten up with debt. These are all examples of hacking that we are involved in so often, but never really give them a second thought.
Most hackers are extremely intelligent. They are computer experts! They make it their goal to crack the system of networks, web servers, and email servers. Most people just do this because they want to, as a hobby. Since one single person doesn’t have as much money as large company or business, they go for them instead. They want to make money, they want a profit.
Very commonly, a hacker and a cracker are confused. A hacker is someone who wants to know how things work. They like to move things around and experiment. They enjoy doing this type of thing. Some people are talking into doing this while others have a burning desire to find out all that they can about a certain system.
A cracker makes it their goal to break security measures. Some put their habits to good use by just being used as testers for the system they are working for. The majority though, are using cracking for negative reasons. Cracking is a kind of hacking but is only used for criminal, malicious behavior.
By: Mason Kirk
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