Hacking

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Hacking

• Alexander Neeley
• Group 2

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Phase 1The Joy of Programming

• Hacking a More Tasteful MySpace
• Only shows you how to hack your layout to be able
  to customize it to your liking more.
• Its not really harming anyone, its just making
  your page more you.

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Phase 2From the 1970s to the Mid-1990s

• Radio Contest Winners (3 Culprits)
• Charged with conspiring to rig a radio phone-in
  competition to win prizes.
• Seized control of phone lines to the radio
  station ensuring only their calls got through.
• Allegedly won 2 Porsches, 20,000 in cash and
  holidays in Hawaii.

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Phase 3The Web Era

• The ILOVEYOU Virus
• In May, the ILOVEYOU virus is unleashed and clogs
  computers worldwide.
• Over the coming months, variants of the virus are
  released that manage to catch out companies that
  didn't do enough to protect themselves.

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Hacktivism

• Hacking for a political purpose.
• Is on the rise since the internet population is
  growing, so the activists actually use this
  medium to spread their message quicker to a
  broader population.

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Punishment

• Most maximum prison sentences handed down for
  hacking will range from one to ten years.
• 25 increase in sentences if they steal personal
  information
• 50 increase if shared.
• Double sentences if the info is posted on the
  internet or the culprit break into government,
  military, or computers tied into the power or
  telecommunications grids .

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Sources Cited

• Davidson, M., Hacking a More Tasteful MySpace
  (2006) retrieved on October 15, 2007 from
  http//www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2006/04
  /hacking-myspace-layouts
• Ward, M., Great Hacks of Our Time (2000)
  retrieved on October 15, 2007 from
  http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/994700.stm
• Peterson, C., Laws, Fines and Penalties Facing
  Hackers (2007) retrieved on October 15, 2007
  from http//www.mainstream.net/summary/hacker_law
  s_sentencing_penalties.shtml