When Hackers Fight - Issue 6: Secret Codes - Nautilus
vendredi 11 octobre 2013 à 14:00 Neros, le 11/10/2013 à 14:00
A lot of the people I once knew are still on IRC, but the overall hacker mentality has changed. The older playful culture of challenging the status quo and pushing the limits is a thing of the past. Contemporary cyber-criminals are driven primarily by monetary gains and occasionally by political agendas. The mischievous youngsters who wielded their codes against each other have grown up and realized that they can make a fortune. That’s one reason why it’s increasingly difficult to circumvent their exploits. In the modern day hackers’ culture, money rules the world.
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A lot of the people I once knew are still on IRC, but the overall hacker mentality has changed. The older playful culture of challenging the status quo and pushing the limits is a thing of the past. Contemporary cyber-criminals are driven primarily by monetary gains and occasionally by political agendas. The mischievous youngsters who wielded their codes against each other have grown up and realized that they can make a fortune. That’s one reason why it’s increasingly difficult to circumvent their exploits. In the modern day hackers’ culture, money rules the world.
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