An Overview of Hacking

Composition II Position Paper Final Draft Hackers cost governments, corporations, and even normal people billions of dollars per year. You might ask, sure, there are those out there for profit, but what about the college student who was just doing it for fun? Profit or fun, it's still theft. In some cases theft of money, in others, theft of information. Just because a person uses a computer should not impact the severity of their punishment. …

…a serious espionage problem. Hacking, no matter its form, is an act of thievery, piracy, or blackmail, and cannot be tolerated. Works Cited Caryl, Christian. "Russia's Hackers: Reach out and Rob Someone." U.S. News & World Report 122.15 (1997): 58 Lohr, Steve. "Feeling insecure, are we? Go ahead, be paranoid. Hackers are out to get you." The New York Times 17 March 1997: C1+ Machlis, Sharon. "Phone hackers dial up trouble." Computerworld 31.8 (1997): 59 Schier, Robert L. "Lock the Damned Door!" Computerworld 31.6 (1997): 66