tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31247657597833834472012-02-16T17:53:38.672-08:00pushinguphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176500893507115266noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124765759783383447.post-53828458401796317802006-11-13T20:10:00.000-08:002006-12-18T10:13:24.909-08:00The truth is hacking is about, industrial espionage, corruption, and crime. Reverse engineering is an expensive technology that's, generally, beyond most people. The most likley source is, a powerfull company or organisation, university, goverment, or disgruntled person with privilidged information and knowledge.<br /><br />A hack can create wealth or bring a competitor to its knees. This is evident in Satellite TV, Cable TV, Internet Security, and Software Development. Computer technology has made hackers a valuable tool in most aspects of business. The value is the calculated impact of the exploit on a company.<br /><br />Sky’s security company 'NDS' financed thoic.com, once the biggest hacking forum site on the internet for codes and files. They had a laboratory in Israel dedicated to breaking competing company codes and released them using thoic. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1868140.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1868140.stm</a><br /><br />Files distributed through 'thoic' included, codes and intstructions for stealing services, Cable TV, BT Moblie Telephone, Satellite TV, and Software.<br /><br />Canal Plus suffered very badly and ITV Digital eventually folded. Canal Plus was also accussed of attempting to crack Sky.<br /><br />NTL’s dominance in the UK Cable TV market hasn’t been hurt by hackers. The more houses they’re in the larger the captive customer base. Most hacked set top boxes originated from their own stores, in such numbers, it poses a lot questions.<br /><br />NTL’s security is weak and a change of security could kill the hack.<br /><br />A 15 year old boy called 'Mafiaboy' launched one the biggest 'DOS' attacks crippling sites like CNN. It was so sophisticated the FBI took some convincing he could be responsible. If the attack was pointed at major Financial Institutions and Goverment Departments it could have caused havoc.<br /><br /><a href="http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/19/dos.charges/index.html">http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/19/dos.charges/index.html</a><br /><br />'Mafiaboy' had simply been given the program by someone in a the chat room. The amount of money generated for the Security Software Developers can be measured in Billions of Dollars.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3124765759783383447-5382845840179631780?l=hackingthetruth.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>pushinguphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176500893507115266noreply@blogger.com0