What motivates hackers?

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Hacking is defined as unauthorised access to data held on a computer system. The extent of hacking is extremely difficult to establish as it is only discovered by accident, with only about two percent of security breaches discovered as a result of positive action on the part of security staff.

What motivates hackers

In the past, hackers mostly went after servers this is because historically servers tended to have the most interesting data and, of course, the best connectivity to the rest of the Net.

Servers are also more vulnerable. A machine that isn't listening on any ports can't easily be infiltrated.

Nowadays hacking is often perpetrated by employees of a company who have acquired inside knowledge knowledge of particular user ID’s and passwords. The motive behind most hacking can often be mischevoius.

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The Real Danger

There is real danger of hackers due to the improvements in technology which make hacking into computer systems more easy. There as ample evidence has shown that some people are randomly probing portions of the Internet address space, looking for vulnerable machines. Anytime you are connected to the Internet you are assigned an IP address. This is your door, if it is open anyone can come in without you knowing it. the simplest protection is a utility that blocks intruders and alerts you. Most of these can be downloaded free on the internet ...

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