28 ( ANI ): A 12-year-old fifth-grader from Canada has reportedly pleaded guilty for hacking top government and police websites for promise of gifts and free video games from the Internet hacking group Anonymous. Hacking is an attempt to exploit a computer system or a private network inside a computer. Simply put, it is the unauthorised access to or control over computer network security systems for some illicit purpose. Description: To better describe hacking, one needs to first understand hackers. One can easily assume them to be intelligent. Hacking is a particular type of illegal activity which endangers the privacy and security of important on line information. Hacking challenges the utility of the mechanisms which are used to secure a communication network. It is important here to note that although hacking is used interchangeably with cracking, both are different. In mainstream press, the word 'hacker' is often used to refer to a malicious security cracker. There is a classic definition of the term 'hacker', arising from its first documented uses related to.
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Hacking may refer to:
Places
- Hacking (Vienna), an area within Hietzing, Vienna, Austria
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People
- Ian Hacking (born 1936), Canadian philosopher of science
Sports
- Hacking (falconry), the practice of raising falcons in captivity then later releasing into the wild
- Hacking (rugby), tripping an opposing player
- Pleasure riding, horseback riding for purely recreational purposes, also called hacking
- Shin-kicking, an English martial art also called hacking
Technology
- Hacker, a computer expert with advanced technical knowledge
- Hacker culture, activity within the computer programmer subculture
- Security hacker, someone who breaches defenses in a computer system
- Cybercrime, which involves security hacking
- Phone hacking, gaining unauthorized access to phones
- ROM hacking, the process of modifying a video game's program image
Other uses
Hacking And Cracking Definition Dictionary
- Roof and tunnel hacking, unauthorized exploration of roof and utility tunnel spaces
See also
Hacking And Cracking Definition
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