In every advance that civilization has made there have been the dishonest and the greedy who quickly learn how to take advantage of the new breakthroughs. The new world of computer technology is no exception. As many people see it, alongside the brilliant programmers came hackers. But what is a hacker? As the dictionary says, 'hacker' is a slang term for a technically sophisticated computer user who enjoys exploring computer systems and programs, sometimes to …showed first 75 words of 390 total…

…showed last 75 words of 390 total…numbers by playing them down the telephone to Telecom's answerphone services. Once they had the PIN numbers they could have made free phonecalls for the rest of their lives however they informed Freedom about the PIN numbers. There are always a few bad apples in a bunch and these are the hackers who get the attention of the media and therefore cause the stereotypical images of hackers as criminals. However, not all hackers are bad.