HACKERS ATTACK

WHO ARE THEY?

I think you know them better after watching this video.

•  MANILA, Philippines – An IT expert on Monday said critical services relying on the Internet may suffer from the escalating tension between alleged computer hackers from China and the Philippines. They (alleged Chinese hackers) can retaliate, and they can attack critical infrastructures, such as those of financial institutions, telecommunications facilities, ATM network,”( Dharel Placido, ABS-CBNnews.com Posted at 04/23/2012 4:36 PM)
•  Hackers claiming to be from China had defaced the Web site of the University of the Philippines on Friday, AFP reported on Saturday. A screenshot of the defaced Web site showed the map with Chinese script which highlighted islands in the South China Sea which are claimed by the Philippines and China.( Ellyne Phneah , ZDNet Asia on April 23, 2012)
• In 2011, Malaysian Government website being hacked after the group criticized about country censorship issues.

Hackers,
(Source: whatis.com)

Hacker is a term used by some to mean "a clever programmer" and by others, especially those in popular media, to mean "someone who tries to break into computer systems."

1) Eric Raymond, compiler of The New Hacker's Dictionary, defines a hacker as a clever programmer. A "good hack" is a clever solution to a programming problem and "hacking" is the act of doing it. Raymond lists five possible characteristics that qualify one as a hacker, which we paraphrase here:

• A person who enjoys learning details of a programming language or system
• A person who enjoys actually doing the programming rather than just theorizing about it
• A person capable of appreciating someone else's hacking
• A person who picks up programming quickly
• A person who is an expert at a particular programming language or system, as in "UNIX hacker"

Raymond deprecates the use of this term for someone who attempts to crack someone else's system or otherwise uses programming or expert knowledge to act maliciously. He prefers the term  cracker for this meaning.

2) The term hacker is used in popular media to describe someone who attempts to break into computer systems. Typically, this kind of hacker would be a proficient programmer or engineer with sufficient technical knowledge to understand the weak points in a security system. For more on this usage, see cracker.