Week 7 - Cyber Crime

while most us know that there are people out there online trying to find loopholes or hacking into our computers, there is one area of people we have overlooked. Not all hackers are people who wants to find our personal information. Here's some vocab difference between theses hackers.

Black hackers. - A black hat hacker, also known as a cracker or a dark side hacker (this last definition is someone who uses his skills with a criminal intent.

White hackers. - White (hat) hacker uses their skills and knowledge as a way to defend someone from attackers.

This is fascination because theses people (white hackers) are trying to hack in and improve the security of the organization which prevents other hackers of ill intention to violate any information.

So if you do want to be a hacker, choose the right path... i mean being a white hacker, you get well paid for what you do and feel good about it. whereas black hackers do get money, maybe even more... but they destroy or take advantage of other people's information and money.