The ABC Word of the Day is:
-Computer Hacking-
1) Computer hacking involves a skilled person who manipulates and breaks into computers for different purposes.
2) The term "hacker" is used to refer to a person who breaks into computer systems.
3) Hackers can break into an individual computer or a network of computers.
Different Kinds of Hackers:
1) White hat hackers: Those who are taking part in purely benign hacking, such as testing the security of a company's information systems.
2) Black hat hackers: Those who are taking part in purely malicious hacking, such as breaking into networks to steal information or creating computer viruses to spread.
3) Gray hat hackers: Those who hack in a non-malicious but not necessairly benign way. They walk the fine line of "hacking ethics."
4) Blue hat hackers: Hackers who have been hired to look for exploits in new software before its launched.
Breaking News Story:
Computer hacking has most recently become a serious issue with hackers threatening the Sony PlayStation Network with more outages. On April 20, 2011, Sony suffered a damaging cyber attack that compromised around seventy-seven million PlayStation user accounts and also critically damaged the company for other a month.
Yesterday on July 6, 2011, Sony released a press statement announcing that the PlayStation Network services in Japan will thankfully be fully restored today. But, ex-hacker Gregory Evans explains that Sony's Network will "never be fully secure. Nor will any gaming site," Evan's continues, "Sony's site will be hacked again soon. As soon as [Sony] said their site is now secure, they're inviting hackers to come break into their network."
Other various hackers have been keeping busy crippling other video game sites. For example, in June, hackers exclaimed they had successfully manipulated Bethesda Games' site in order to steal usernames and passwords from games such as "Brink."
The hacker who the police apprehended for breaking into the PlayStation Network turned out to be a nineteen-year-old boy. Evans explains, "It's a game to them. These hackers are no match for the IT guys big companies like Sony, Sega, and Bethesda are hiring to protect their systems."
