... "Script Kiddies" (Schwartau, 2000). While hackers get into systems to improve their skills and prove to themselves that the y can actually do it, crackers crack for financial gain or because cracking gives them some sort of sick pleasure (Schnell, 2002). How You Can Stop Hackers Stopping hackers altogether is difficult because it seems that no matter what precautions are taken, it ... ...

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... deal with the Internet. The law institutes harsher and broader penalties for hacking into a protected computer - even if no damage is done. This clause criminalizes less serious forms of computer cracking that have been overlooked in the past." (Connor) The greatest problem with the USA-PATRIOT act is that it shows no distinction between serious crimes and lesser crimes. On top ... ...

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