COMPUTER HACKERS

It seems that the term “Hacker” has been misused as of late. The media has portrayed all types of computer related crimes under the term Hackers. Which after doing some research on this I find the news media has treated the term unjustly. First I would like to cover the three different terms I found on several Internet sites and their meanings. 1) Hackers- A slang term for a computer enthusiast, a person holds a great …

…computer crime investigator for the Pentagon, whose computers are a favorite target of teenage hackers, says it isn't so-called recreational attacks that worry government officials the most. “If a 12- or a 14-year-old kid can do this, that's an unstructured, unfunded attack,” says Christie. “When you're dealing with a nation or a terrorist group, you're talking about a funded, structured attack. They're probably going to be far more successful in breaking in and less detectable.“