Games, Boredom or Disorders: The Truth behind Teenage Hackers

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Games, Boredom or Disorders The Truth behind
Teenage Hackers

• By
• Teresa Carpenter

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Myth Busters

• Myth
• Hacking thrilling game
• Hackers hack because
• They are bored
• Because they can
• Some hackers show OCD traits!

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What is OCD?

• Obsession
• Reoccurring impulses that cause distress
• Impulses are not simple worries
• Person tries to ignore impulses
• Person recognizes that they are a product of his
  own mind

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What is OCD?

• Compulsion
• Repetitive behaviors mental acts person
  performs due to an obsession
• Behaviors or thoughts are
• Not connected to what the person is neutralizing
• Are clearly excessive

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Do Teen Hackers have OCD Traits?

• It takes a certain kind of a mind to try and
  break things all day.
• Caesar

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Hacker Quotes

• A hacker is someone who . . .will go to almost
  any lengths in the pursuit of knowledge . . .
• Anna Marie Moor

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Hacker Quotes

• I will spend 2 days solidly trying to do
  something without anythingrelief is not just
  from the fact that you got in but now you can
  sleep...
• Raphael Gray

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Hacker Quotes

• The thrill is over once you are on the
  computer and that you can do whatever you want
• Comrade

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Hacker Quotes

• We teach ourselves problem solving techniques
  that are neurotic at heart.
• Sunir Shah

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Difference Between OCD and Hacking

• OCD Relief of Obsessions
• Hacking Relief Happiness
• Clear Cut Goal
• No shame
• Servicing Public

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Ramifications

• Different Sentence
• Actus Reus, guilty act
• There was a crime
• Mens Rea, guilty mind
• Voluntary and consciously performed

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Ramifications

• OCD Fakers
• Type of Crime Mental State of Crime
• Repetitive vs One Time
• Hacking into Systems vs. Breaking Systems
• The Use of Information Gained

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Reducing Hackers

• Prevent Current and Future Hackers
• We need to do more than just spend more money on
  technology We also need to start understanding
  the individuals behind the attacks
• Rogers