Computer hackers have been around since the early '60s and probably before then. They were not called hackers then but mostly just nerds. There are as many types of hackers as there are people and they come in all shapes and sizes. Some hackers hack for fun, they just won't see if they can get into a program at its core. Or addition to seeing if they can get into the inter-most workings of …
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…cause water shortages. And earlier this year a virus called the love bug caused hundreds of millions of dollars losses in the form of employee downtime. Some hacking is strictly for profit. People are trying to break into financial institutions. They also try to break into corporate databases and steel technology to sell it to the highest bidder. Corporations spend millions of dollars each year in the latest technology and software designs to combat hackers.