Is hacking people's computer known as a "crime"?

Kirsten

Its never a crime, Its a smart n intelligent act! Only intelligent n brilliant ones can do it!!
anyway, its treated as bad n u can hack if its for a noble n good cause, something like a utilitarian benefit

But, how will u do it?
he he

Fellina

Hacking is another way of saying "breaking into".

If I were to open your mail box and read all your personal stuff would you consider it a crime? YES!

*****

This is tecnically breaking and entering.

Mykl

It's a violation of one's privacy.

What to do with hackers? Make their talent useful by enlisting them in FBI or NBI or something.

..:::LoShY:::..

ya its a crime.. i someone hacks ur cmp n u kno hu it is, u shud report to the relevant authorities..

Future FBI

Yes it is a crime. I would contact the local authorities. Put this person away. Depending on what type of information they are getting a hold of and what they are doing with it they could go to jail for a long time.

Steven C

Yes and I would call the police

swinger_32839

Yes, its a crime, and very hard to prove. the best you can do is call a specialist for prevention measures.

yes

yaya

punch them lol jk tell tha cops

thirty-one characters

then he will go to "court" and possibly "prison".

I would use Arin to look up the IP address of the hacker
and then block the entire range of IP addresses listed
on the firewall.

The drawback is that the hacker might
use a different proxy server to do it again.

As far as actually reporting the hacker using the report
abuse link listed for the ISP on the Arin result page
I never got any results that way.

Arsobia64

Only when the cops do it.

Time Will Tell

Great Question: I found this and belive this answers both our questions.

Computer Crime Awareness for Police, Law Enforcement and Security, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, USA
At 911 Gear we believe sharing knowledge and information, benefits us all. As we are all aware in the Law Enforcement industry, Technological crime is the trend.

We hope you find the below info useful when training your staff.

Definition:

Computer crime is the unauthorized use of a computer for personal gain, as in the illegal transfer of funds or to alter the data or property of others. Computer and technology related crime is a growth industry. The number of people using computers is growing and so is crime. The reason crime has risen in the past years can be related to the growing number of computer users, computer networks being more readily accessible, and more people are becoming computer literate. The more users of computers there are the more targets for computer criminals. Also, many business use computer networks to communicate with offices in different areas they have the potential of being hacked into. Technology related crime is estimated at $8 billion a year. This includes stealing computer software, hardware, and peripherals such as printers, and also fraud committed by hacking into a computer and stealing money or information that can be used to make a profit. Computer fraud is estimated at $555,000,000 a year and each individual case of fraud costs about $109,000. Banks have been the biggest victims of computer fraud. Their attacks are estimated at about a $1 Billion a year. These figures are only estimates by professionals and they are believed to be underestimated.

Many cases of computer crime are unreported by victims. They are embarrassed and a crime can show that a company might have some weaknesses. Another reason that companies do not want to report a crime is that shareholders might threaten them with a lawsuit. Shareholder lawsuits can cost more than the theft.

raichasays

Yes, hacking is a crime--trespassing and conversion. Turn hackers into the police, you internet service provider and theirs.

Scorpius59

make him work for the government.

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