Chapter 7. Why Do Hackers Hack?
“Crime is the soul of lust. What would pleasure be if it were not accompanied by crime? It is not the object of debauchery that excites us, rather the idea of evil.”
—Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), French nobleman, namesake of sadism
Hacking and other high-tech crimes have been with us for a while now. We currently have products and services that we can buy to improve our ability to detect and defend against hacker attacks. We also have law enforcement agencies that we can turn to when we are the victims of high-tech attacks. With all of these improvements, something is still missing.
We do not know much about what makes a hacker do what he does. What drives some people to commit high-tech crimes? We know some things ...
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