V Break security to gain access to a system

V Richard Stallman gives his explanation of

what "hacking" is.
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V ã th of March 2004
V http://www.stallman.org/articles/on-
hacking.html
V `acking is a source of threat to security in
computer.
V It is define as unauthorized access to the
computer system by a hacker.
V `ackers are persons who learn about the
computer system in details. They write
program referred to as hacks.
V `ackers may use a modem or cable to
hack the targeted computers.
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   This 4ã-year-old Scotsman, also known as Solo, is the person
behind of what¶s considered the biggest hack in the history of computer science -
into a military system. Not satisfied with this, in the years 200ã and 2002, he made a
mockery of the information security of NASA itself and the Pentagon. Currently he is
at liberty awarding his extradition to the U.S. and prohibited access to a computer
with Internet connection.

V ˜
  This Russian biochemist and mathematician was accused of

having committed one of the biggest bank robberies of all times. From Saint
Petersburg, Levin managed to transfer funds estimated at approximately ã0 million
dollars from Citibank in New York to accounts he had opened in distant parts of the
world. `e was arrested by INTERPOL in ã

 at `eathrow airport (England).
Although he managed to rob more than ã0 million dollars, he was only sentenced to
three years in prison. Currently he is free.
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