Hacker

A hacker is someone who electronically breaks into computers without permission. They do that to find, alter or destroy information contained in the electronic files of your computer.

What is your privacy worth?

What information about you or your parents do you think should be considered private? For example, medical information, a diary, your grades, how much money your parents owe, how much money your family has in a savings account or in a home safe, and your letters to a friend.

Would this kind of invasion of your privacy be any different than someone breaking into your school locker or your house to get this information about you and your family?

Hackers Destroy "Property" in the Form of Computer Files or Records.

1. Hackers delete or alter files.

2. When you write something, like a term paper or report, how important is it to be able to find it again?

Would this be different if someone broke into your locker and stole your term paper?

3. How important is it that data in computers like your term paper, a letter, your bank records, and medical records, not be altered?

 

How important is it for a drug company or a pharmacy to not have its computer files altered or deleted by hackers?

What would happen if a hacker altered the chemical formulas for prescription drugs, or the flight patterns and other data in air traffic control computers?

What does the term "tamper" mean? To interfere in a harmful way or to alter improperly.

Is tampering with computer files different from tampering that occurs on paper files or records?