Off-topic discussion? probably. I wasn't too sure *shrug*
When reading over a certain thread, I noticed a lot of "hacker talks" with people "breaking into SOE's servers" and such. Also this seems to happen with all of the other threads that are similar to this which makes me believe that people watch movies way too much! I wanna use this thread to comment on Hackers, and password crackers. (mods feel free to move this to off-topic should you think it goes there.)
First of all Hackers aren't morons. They know thier stuff perffectly everything from the connection to the telenet to the type of server/db they are hacking. If they don't know it the take time to find out. Why? They have to! One little slip-up and they're sitting in a federal jail cell. Also note that it is a federal crime to break into databases, servers, personal home computers, ect... The real hackers if you are hacked you won't even know you were. And trust me, the person isn't about to use an online board to tell how.
Most hackers will not hack a database for an MMO like The Matrix Online to steal a password. Why? There isn't any money in it. hackers want cash. They want credit card info, they want some beta source code a large corporation is working on and sell it to the highest bidder. Hackers think "big picture". Why make 50 when you can make 500,000?
Script-Kiddies:
The kind of person that falls into this category are annoying jerks (not all but some). Why? they're arrogant and they are always most liekly caught. These people will run a script created 20 years ago to hack a forum password. These are the people who will hack Mxo forums, accounts just to be pricks. Pay them no heed as they try to make you "afraid" of their "leet skillz" that they don't have.
Crackers:
These are the same as hackers only they will crack passwords on almost anything. A lot of what cracking used to be, and probably still is, is calling up a company (IE Microsoft) and getting in touch with someone that has some kind of knowledge of the computer system they use. Usually this is also don for money, but these people can be caught quickly, but the ones who are convincing cons will take longer. These are the people who will steal credit card numbers, who will make fake IDs, buy things online with your info, ect... These people will not hack Mxo.
My suggestion is to find real well-known hackers/Crackers and buy or look up books in the library about them. It will give you an interesting look into the mind of these people on how or why they did it. My recomendation is Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw-By the Man Who Did It by Tsutomu Shimomura (Author), John Markoff (Author).
When reading over a certain thread, I noticed a lot of "hacker talks" with people "breaking into SOE's servers" and such. Also this seems to happen with all of the other threads that are similar to this which makes me believe that people watch movies way too much! I wanna use this thread to comment on Hackers, and password crackers. (mods feel free to move this to off-topic should you think it goes there.)
First of all Hackers aren't morons. They know thier stuff perffectly everything from the connection to the telenet to the type of server/db they are hacking. If they don't know it the take time to find out. Why? They have to! One little slip-up and they're sitting in a federal jail cell. Also note that it is a federal crime to break into databases, servers, personal home computers, ect... The real hackers if you are hacked you won't even know you were. And trust me, the person isn't about to use an online board to tell how.
Most hackers will not hack a database for an MMO like The Matrix Online to steal a password. Why? There isn't any money in it. hackers want cash. They want credit card info, they want some beta source code a large corporation is working on and sell it to the highest bidder. Hackers think "big picture". Why make 50 when you can make 500,000?
Script-Kiddies:
The kind of person that falls into this category are annoying jerks (not all but some). Why? they're arrogant and they are always most liekly caught. These people will run a script created 20 years ago to hack a forum password. These are the people who will hack Mxo forums, accounts just to be pricks. Pay them no heed as they try to make you "afraid" of their "leet skillz" that they don't have.
Crackers:
These are the same as hackers only they will crack passwords on almost anything. A lot of what cracking used to be, and probably still is, is calling up a company (IE Microsoft) and getting in touch with someone that has some kind of knowledge of the computer system they use. Usually this is also don for money, but these people can be caught quickly, but the ones who are convincing cons will take longer. These are the people who will steal credit card numbers, who will make fake IDs, buy things online with your info, ect... These people will not hack Mxo.
My suggestion is to find real well-known hackers/Crackers and buy or look up books in the library about them. It will give you an interesting look into the mind of these people on how or why they did it. My recomendation is Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw-By the Man Who Did It by Tsutomu Shimomura (Author), John Markoff (Author).
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