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What is Hacking

Chapter 580
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
Describes the practices and actions by which individuals and communities’ exploit (or explore) weaknesses of a system and product, which could be technological or social, to get by. It encapsulates both transgressive or 'illegal' and resourceful or 'legal' practices that individuals undertake to circumvent or respond to technological and social challenge or circumstance.
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Exploring “Hacking,” Digital Public Art, and Implication for Contemporary Governance
Amadu Wurie Khan (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Chris Speed (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch580
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Chapter 5
Developing the Social, Political, Economic, and Criminological Awareness of Cybersecurity Experts: A Proposal and Discussion of Non-Technical Topics for Inclusion in Cybersecurity Education
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Chapter 9
Theoretical Context of Cybercrime
To gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer.
Published in Chapter: Theoretical Context of Cybercrime; From: Handbook of Research on Applied Social Psychology in Multiculturalism
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Chapter 23
Disaster and Digital Libraries in Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges
This can be simply described as a process of intruding or gaining improper, unauthorized and illegal access into a computer system.
Published in Chapter: Disaster and Digital Libraries in Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges; From: Handbook of Research on Disaster Management and Contingency Planning in Modern Libraries
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Chapter 4
STEM Education for Girls: Perspectives of Teachers During a Makeathon
Deconstructing or taking apart items (especially technology) to rebuild other items from the parts.
Published in Chapter: STEM Education for Girls: Perspectives of Teachers During a Makeathon; From: Overcoming Current Challenges in the P-12 Teaching Profession
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Chapter 20
ICT Security Policy: Challenges and Potential Remedies
A method involving some degree of infringement on the privacy of others or damage to computer-based property such as files, web pages or software.
Published in Chapter: ICT Security Policy: Challenges and Potential Remedies; From: Handbook of Research on Information Communication Technology Policy: Trends, Issues and Advancements
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Chapter 29
Hackers, Hacking, and Eavesdropping
Hacking is commonly used today to refer to unauthorized access to a computer network. Breaking into a computer system or network is simply one of many forms of hacking.
Published in Chapter: Hackers, Hacking, and Eavesdropping; From: Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications
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Chapter 3
Cyber Risk Management in Banks: Cyber Risk Insurance
Gaining unauthorized access to confidential data in a system. It is an act of infiltrating into a system bypassing the system admins.
Published in Chapter: Cyber Risk Management in Banks: Cyber Risk Insurance; From: Global Cyber Security Labor Shortage and International Business Risk
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Chapter 1
Hyperbole or Hypothetical?: Ethics for AI in the Future of Applied Pedagogy
The gaining of illegal, unlawful, or unofficially unauthorised access to data within the context of computing and technology.
Published in Chapter: Hyperbole or Hypothetical?: Ethics for AI in the Future of Applied Pedagogy; From: Creative AI Tools and Ethical Implications in Teaching and Learning
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Chapter 13
Cyber Security and Anti-Social Networking
The act of remotely accessing a computer server or network without authorization.
Published in Chapter: Cyber Security and Anti-Social Networking; From: Handbook of Research on Socio-Technical Design and Social Networking Systems
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Chapter 6
Cyber Security Competency Model Based on Learning Theories and Learning Continuum Hierarchy
An intentional disruption, defacing, or even destroying an information resources normally carried out on the internet.
Published in Chapter: Cyber Security Competency Model Based on Learning Theories and Learning Continuum Hierarchy; From: Global Cyber Security Labor Shortage and International Business Risk
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Chapter 7
Cyber Crime and Challenges of Securing Nigeria's Cyber-Space Against Criminal Attacks
Is the use of a computer or other technological device or system in order to gain unauthorized access to data held by another person or organization.
Published in Chapter: Cyber Crime and Challenges of Securing Nigeria's Cyber-Space Against Criminal Attacks; From: Security Frameworks in Contemporary Electronic Government
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Chapter 10
Cryptocurrency: A Detailed Study
An effort to breach a private computer system or network is called hacking.
Published in Chapter: Cryptocurrency: A Detailed Study; From: Handbook of Research on Cyber Law, Data Protection, and Privacy
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Chapter 7
For Better or for Worse?: Ethical Implications of Generative AI
The gaining of illegal, unlawful, or unofficially unauthorised access to data in within the context of computing and technology.
Published in Chapter: For Better or for Worse?: Ethical Implications of Generative AI; From: Exploring the Ethical Implications of Generative AI
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Chapter 408
Misuse of Information Technologies and Reliability of Information in New Media during Emergencies
The use of computers to gain unauthorized access to a system/network/computer, taking control of it or rendering it useless.
Published in Chapter: Misuse of Information Technologies and Reliability of Information in New Media during Emergencies; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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Chapter 22
Online Activism to Cybercrime
Manipulation of a technological device to acquire data unlawfully within a system.
Published in Chapter: Online Activism to Cybercrime; From: Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web
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Chapter 25
A Routine Activity Theory-Based Framework for Combating Cybercrime
Seeking and exploiting vulnerabilities in a computer system or computer network.
Published in Chapter: A Routine Activity Theory-Based Framework for Combating Cybercrime; From: Handbook of Research on Digital Crime, Cyberspace Security, and Information Assurance
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Chapter 10
Psychosocial Aspects of Cybercrime Victimization in Pakistan
To gain unauthorized access to data in a system or computer.
Published in Chapter: Psychosocial Aspects of Cybercrime Victimization in Pakistan; From: Handbook of Research on Applied Social Psychology in Multiculturalism
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