HACKERS- Who and Why?

Hackers are people who can get into anyones computer and look at anything they want to. They invade peoples privacy and can steal anything they feel like from your computer.

The hackers from the video said they hacked because they could. They would do it when they were bored. Also, because they feel like they're helping peope realize that people are able to hack and to keep updating their computer with the best security devices.

I feel that hackers in a way are helping and hurting the community depending on who and why they hack. If they hack into the government to steal information or to steal an identity then they are hurting the community but if they are just warning people to download more security and not stealing any information and looking at their private files than in a way they are helping.

If you have been hacked then you would report the crime to either: FBI Local Office, U.S. Secret Service, or Internet Crime Complaint Center. The FBI Local Office number is (217) 522-9675.

The Internet Crime Complaint Center is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National White Collar Crime Center.

Hacked by a Corporation?
A "cookie" allows websites and ad agencies to be able see your online activity. Your profile information can be sold or bought by corporations to get details about your personal life.
A web bug is invisible and its a hidden tracking device. Web bugs are not only used in web pages, but in email and other documents. Trackers embed web bugs in email in order to know exactly when you have read your mail.
A script such as JavaScript and Microsoft's JScript and VBScript make it very easy to steal even more information about you.These simple scripts can steal your address book, your business and financial documents and other sensitive and private information--virtually any file on your system. Further, the scripts can write files to your hard drive including viruses.
To help protect you from these devices can be difficult. For "cookies" you can set to your computer "Ask for each cookie" and you can be aware of them. Web bugs are nearly impossible to manage. But you can add image filtering tools to help keep your browser from receiving them. To protect from scripts turn OFF your scripting in your web and e-mail browsers.