The Hackers Movie Hacked Site Questions

1. The makers of the movie might of hacked their own site to show to others that the threat of hackers are real. T hey prove that they didn’t hack their own site by posting the apology letter they received from the person who hacked their site.
2. Three changes that the hackers made compared to the original ones
3. The hacker did not like the movie because he felt that it didn’t show the true aspects of real life hackers.
4. DefCon is big hacker convention.
5. Three “ethical hacker” rules he violated were I. Do not intentionally damage *any* system, II. Do not alter any system files othter than ones needed to ensure escape from detection and your future access, and XII. If you get caught, stay quiet until you get a lawyer.
6. Two reasons why the hackers hacked the site was they named the movie “Hackers” instead of “Praetorians” and the movie made actual hackers appear less powerful as they wanted to be seen as.
7. The hacker’s true reasons for hacking the site were that he overreacted just a bit.
8. The hacker said that he worked alone.
9. He tried to make up for the hack by giving the site owners information on how to fix their site.
10. The tone of the letter is very formal and apologetic. His other tone was more informational in a sense that he was showing off and threatening.
11. He says that real hackers are explorers, not vandals.
12. He shows that he’s a real hacker by showing some sample files.
13. He fears that his hack would cause him to be arrested.
14. According to the link, hackers are individuals in the pursuit for knowledge.
15. A cracker is someone who attempts to break into a system, the difference between a cracker and a hacker is that crackers are always do what they do to intentionally do harm while hackers don’t always do things to do harm to onto others.
16. A typical cracker is a young teenager.
17. A hacker is explorers who seek knowledge and when they hack into systems it’s a thrill for them.
18. A hacker can alter a site to what ever they want.
19. Some things that are against “Hacker Ethics” are hacking to do major harm and hacking and getting caught.
20. Hackers hack for knowledge seeking and the thrill of hacking into a system.
21. The hacker of the page is a grey hat since he didn’t admit to do any harm when he/she hacked into systems, just to look around.
22. The link to other hacker sites are blocked because hacking is technically illegal.
23. Most activities on the site are illegal because they are intentionally breaking into someone else’s property.
24. A hacker could cause a company to lose money, or ruin their reputation.
25. Gray Hat hacking should be illegal because even though they don’t do harm, they’re still breaking into someone’s property.
26. I think that the site was really hacked, not a publicity stunt.