An information war can just refer to the violation of personal security, fraud, and corruption on the internet. Everyday when we log on someone can be out there learning about where we live, what we are doing online and what we keep on our computer. They can be stealing financial records, going through personal files and findin

The soldiers of the information war can be anyone. It doesn’t require taking any tests, being in a certain physicality or being a part of a certain country. It just requires a user, a computer and maybe a tutorial to teach them the ways of the net. These soldiers are known as hackers. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language defines the word hacker as One who uses programming skills to gain illegal access to a computer network or file. These soldiers may not have guns and bombs, but boy do they still do a lot of damage. With very little “training” these hackers can be very deadly and are very dangerous.

With all this in mind the idea of having the next World War on the net should not be overlooked. With all these soldiers out their focusing on utter corruption of the net there is no idea what they could come up with next. Instead of just worrying about the next big terrorist attack or bomb threat take a little time to see if your personal information is safe on your computer and make sure you have the appropriate programs to insure your security. More and more everyday we are relying on the internet, for banking, communication, entertainment, organization and other electronic means. When these hackers attack they aren’t just attacking one target they are hitting us where it really hurts in every aspect of our lifestyle. In my perspective the information war has already begin and even without too much effort us users have been fighting it.

Different types of hackers learn to hack with a different aim in mind. Some just focus on harassment of others where they can flood their emails, send them threatening messages or just play around with another person’s computer. An example of this type of hacking is the most common for beginner hackers. With a simple program you can open and close another persons CD-Rom drive and restart their computer with a click of a mouse. This type of hacking also involves viruses, which sometimes no matter how many anti-virus programs or how good they are you can sti

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