Chapter 1. Hacking: The Next Generation
THIS BOOK WILL COVER A WIDE RANGE of techniques and technologies that hackers can use to compromise a system in one way or another. Before you go further, it is important to first understand what hackers are and where they come from.
The first generation of hackers who emerged in the 1960s were individuals who would be called "geeks" or technology enthusiasts today. These early hackers would go on to create the foundation for technologies such as the ARPANET, which paved the way for the Internet. They also initiated many early software-development movements that led to what is known today as open source. Hacking was motivated by intellectual curiosity; causing damage or stealing information was "against the ...
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