Tag: Hacker

A common perception of who is still called a “hacker” in computer literature has not developed. As a rule, hackers are credited with a high level of computer professionalism, but the methods of displaying their professionalism cause controversy.

According to some, a hacker is someone who breaks computer security in order to subsequently recommend practical ways to improve their protection mechanisms. According to others, they are professionals of the highest level, criminally using their knowledge and experience. Leaving aside the moral and ethical side of the activities of hackers, we will consider hackers to be persons who break into a computer system in order to seize additional privileges and access rights in this particular system. Those. a hacker can be a completely outsider for this computer system without any access rights and privileges, or it can be a user of this system, whose access rights and privileges are limited.