... the network where he could change students grades. He also reportedly hacked his way into the North American Air Defense Command computers in Colorado just for fun. When he was seventeen, he was caught stealing valuable technical manuals from Pacific Bell Telephone Company. A judge sentenced him to probation ... into computers at a local university, he was sentenced to six months in jail. When Mitnick was twenty-three, he met Bonnie Vitello, who worked for the phone company. A short while later, Mitnick and Vitello were married. Mitnick's computer hacking created a strain on the relation...

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... worth of damage. This is not true; those types of people are called "crackers" in the hacker culture. Hackers and crackers do not usually get along, for they have different mindsets and styles. The basic difference is this: hackers build things, crackers break them. Prerequisite: The most important thing to remember is in ... d) The Happy Hacker by Carolyn P. Meinel (although this book is considered to be lame by the hacker society, it has a lot of great insight for beginners) e) TCP/IP for Dummies (2nd Ed) by Candace Leiden, Marshall Wilensky The first step in becoming a hacker guru once...

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• Grade Level: High School

... of computer ethics. Many times they intentionally or unintentionally cost businesses money and lost time to fix the data that they have gained access to and to fix the holes that they come through. The government has created two organizations to help deal with hackers. Businesses must also defend themselves from attack by installing hubs, routers, firewalls, ... , costly and commonplace." The United States is becoming more dependent on information technology to operate and manage our nation's critical infrastructure systems. This makes a highly susceptible target for cyber-terrorists. Th...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate