"Hackers could turn the Linux OS itself into a piece of spy ware or other malware" means that hackers can go in Linux os as it is an open source and they can download it with some kind of spyware or viruses that can exploit the whole system and it may damage the whole program. They can do this by certain programs. Hackers are computer experts that can break into people's computers and exploit there …
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…personal things like password and user id. By destroying the core by certain programs they can ruin our whole software. The core controls everything in the computer including the software. Anything in the computer has to go through a core first. By infecting the core by spyware or malware they can get passwords and id and personal data. Viruses, spywares, and other malwares can get downloaded through internet by simply clicking on the infected website.