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criminal hacker

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criminal hacker

A criminal who uses hacker techniques to break the law. Originally, the term "hacker" referred only to a highly technical programmer. Today, the term is often used synonymously with criminal. "Criminal hacker" and "cracker" are the most accurate references to this individual.



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Thus, the vast majority of individuals and organizations do not realize when they have suffered a computer intrusion or related loss at the hands of a criminal hacker.
The criminal hackers have long been engaged in a kind of cat-and-mouse game with law enforcement agencies and private computer security experts.
The combination of a multi-layered, distributed architecture; continually evolving defense processes and methodologies; and the expertise of security come together with HDI to learn from the experience of attack attempts and further harden defenses against known - and emerging - criminal hacker techniques.
 
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