Computer Hackers
...r form of virus is known as the Trojan horse, named after the Greek Trojan Horse. This virus is implanted in a computer, and then it lets someone from another computer have access to all the computers information, including passwords and any other personal data that might be present. Hackers do not just invade personal computers, they also invade corporate and government computers. The Pentagon has recently come under a fire from hackers. After these hackers penetrate the Pentagons defenses, they begin to raid unclassified documents. Some of these hackers have stolen data pertaining to the Energy Department Nuclear Weapons and Research Facility. They have also gathered information that was used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Although the FBI has used all resources available to them, they still have been unable to identify these hackers. The only thing that they know is these hackers are based in a place 20 miles outside of Moscow. Since these attacks happen during the day, 5am-8pm Moscow time, the FBI believes these individuals are working out of an office. Many believe that these hackers are working for the Russian Government, and are using espionage to gain access to sensitive information. Although these hackers motives were to sabotage and destroy, not all hackers are like this. Most are just after information, they might make a mistake now and then but most do not cause damage. They just wished to learn more. A Phreaker is a person that has extensive knowledge of the phone system. These people spend hours reading text documents and browsing around phone company’s computers. Most phreakers will say that what they do is for the pursuit of knowledge, which is true, but there are always those people that take advantage of things. Some things that phreakers can do are, make free calls from payphones, enable call waiting, caller id, call conferencing, and receive no phone bills. They also know how to make phone calls using other peoples telephone lines, charging them instead of themselves. The last group of computer c...