This week lecture class is talk about "Cyber Crime", it also called "Computer Crime". Computer crime issues have become high-profile, particularly those surrounding hacking, copyright infringement, through warez, child pornography and child grooming. There are also problems of privacy when confidential information is lost or intercepted, lawfully or otherwise. The most interesting part is the topic of "hacking". In my mind set, hacker is a people who always hide in home and hacking others system. But the meaning of "hacker" is a person who breaks into computers, usually by gaining access to administrative control. The subculture that has evolved around hackers is often referred to as the computer underground. Proponents claim to be motivated by artistic and political ends, and are often unconcerned about the use of illegal means to achieve them.
Categories of a "Hacker" :
* White Hat (ethical hacking)
* Grey Hat
* Black Hat
* Script Kiddie
* Hacktivist
In the conclusion, hacker exist that are not related to computer security (computer programmer and home computer hobbyist), but these are rarely used by the mainstream media. Some would argue that the people that are now considered hackers are not hackers, as before the media described the person who breaks into computers as a hacker there was a hacker community. This community was a community of people who had a large interest in computer programming, often creating open source software. These people now refer to the cyber-criminal hackers as "crackers".
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