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HACKING

Written By Sooraj.V

A hacker originally meant someone who likes to do new things

with computers. Now hacker is used to mean "someone who

tries to get into another person's computer using computer

software such as Trojan horse programs, computer viruses, and
worms that can hurt other people’s computers”. The correct

name for a person who doing these illegal things was cracker,

but many news stories used the word hacker even thought it was

in error.

A person doing something illegal with a computer

belonging to someone else without asking a permission of the

owner is also called a hacker.
In the recent years computers are becoming

increasingly more complex. This also means that people with

bad intensions have more opportunities to use them for original

purposes. Computer engineers aren't always able to find

vulnerable places and in the computer code. Hackers find such

places and use them.
Those are also hackers who use the same skill for

good purposes. Such hackers are called white hat hackers. They

help computer engineers to find vulnerable places and correct

problems. A lot of skills are often required to be a hacker. A

hacker should be able to find the problems or solutions that

most other people cannot find.