Deliberate Act of Sabotage or Vandalism Definition: acts aimed to destroy an information asset and, ultimately, damage the image of an organization. Example: -Hackers accessing a system and damaging or destroying critical data. Hacking It is the permanent search for knowledge in everything related to computer systems, their security mechanisms, their vulnerabilities, how to take advantage of these vulnerabilities and the mechanisms to protect themselves from those who know how to do it. The people who are dedicated to this are called hackers. Cracking It is the permanent attempt of violation of the security of the computer systems, with justified ends or not. In the case of program cracking the definition is that of creator of cracks, iterally Mamluk, which are programs programmed for the lack of protection of commercial programs so that they can be used without limit. Example David L. Smith (1999): Smith created the "Melissa" virus,...
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