Monday, December 17, 2007

Hackers; One Step Ahead of the Law

With the Rise of the Technology Age, emerges a new type of crime that no person or organization is safe from; Hackers. Everybody knows that hackers are out there with skills that can infiltrate the most secure internet sites. But the truth is, most people, with their busy schedules and tiresome lifestyles, do not care to pay much attention to the issue until they wake up one morning, check their online bank account statement, and notice that they have no more money in their funds. Most hacking, though, occurs against organizations confidential customer credit card information and are extorted. So the big question is, what can be done to fight against this type of criminal activity? Why is it that there are no major hackers on the nightly news being sent to jail? The truth is, hackers are more skilled in the business of computers and cyber-infrastructure than any law official specialists wil ever be. Some may even call it a world-class business. The tracks of a hacker can be covered up in a way where no trace can be found by a security system. The secret is speed and termination of the log files that are tagged onto their access to the websites. Cyber-crimes are always going to occurr, but the Government, local and federal, should know that the only way to fight fire is with fire. Employing skilled hacker teams would seem pretty weird since those are the type of people that they're trying to catch.

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