In today's world, there are several opportunities for the everyday user to breach security networks. The opportunities are endless for intrusions on networks. In 1997, thirty-five hackers hired by the National Security Agency launched several simulated attacks on the U.S electronic info-structure. The project was called Eligible Receiver and its main goal was to gain root level access to thirty-six of the Department of Defense's four thousand plus networks. The simulated attack also turned off sections of the U.S power grid, and shut down parts of Emergency 911.( Christensen, n.pag.)

There are many opportunities for people to cause havoc. About forty percent of the world's networks are terrorized everyday by cyber-terrorism. During the Gulf War, Dutch hackers stole information about U.S troop movements from the Department of Defense, and attempted to sell it to the Iraqis. In March of 1997, a fifteen-year-old Dutch Croatian youth penetrated a U.S Air Force base in Guam. During 1997 and 1998, an Israeli hacker penetrated the U.S Pentagon with help from teenagers living in Cal

John Christensen http://www.cnn.com/TECH/specials/hackers/cyberterror

Software hackers are another type of "hackers." These people target application software such as word processing or graphic manipulation programs. Generally these programs come with an expensive price tag. If there is an application with a price there are going to be people out there that are looking to get it for free. This is where "crackers" hackers that break software security come in. These hackers develop their own programs to circumnavigate or forge the security that keep that application from being replicated on another personal computer. For instance a fairly expensive application requires a special serial code in order for the application to work correctly the serial code must match an algorithm inside the application. Much like network hackers, software hackers develop tools just like the network hacker does, and attempts millions of combinations of numbers and letters until it finds one that matches. Or the "cracker" can attack the application at the assembly-code level finding flaws with in the program itself. (Mandeville, "Hackers, Cracks and Trojan Horses")

Andy Walton http://www.cnn.

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