Webster New World Hacker Dictionary
Although we acknowledge that we cannot include every item of significance to the topics of hacking and cracking in a one-volume reference book on this intriguing topic, we have attempted to be as comprehensive as possible, given space limitations.Though we have focused on the past 35 years in particular, we note that the foundations of hacking and cracking existed at the commencement of computer innovations in the earlier parts of the previous century.
Readers will note that much of the anxiety surrounding a cyber Apocalypse in the present began prior to the terrorist events involving the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and continue to be exacerbated by terrorist events in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere.The result of our efforts to understand such anxiety is a volume that covers hacking, cracking, world events, and political and legal movements from the 1960s, in particular, to the present.
Entries are presented in alphabetical order, with subjects listed under the most common or popular name. For example, there is an entry for phreaker Edward Cummings under his better-known moniker, Bernie S. Moreover, we should point out that some crackers were minors when they were charged and convicted of cracking crimes, and are therefore known to the world only by their monikers. One of the most famous of these in recent years was a teenaged Canadian by the name of Mafiaboy.
Many narratives in this dictionary explain not only the entry term itself but also its significance in the hacking or cracking field. Because information is constantly changing in the Information Technology (IT) field, as are the exploits used by crackers for taking advantage of “the weakest links in the system,” we acknowledge that readers who want to stay abreast of the latest findings in IT security must continually read about new computer viruses, worms, and blended threats, as well as their developers’ motivations.Although we have attempted to present up-to-date entries in this volume,we admit that the news events associated with hacking and cracking—as well as terrorism and cyberterrorism—are as rapidly changing as the weather.
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