Hackers, Not Slackers Since the introduction of personal computers in the 1970's, the art of computer hacking has grown along with changing roles of computers in society. Computers have taken over our lives. People could not function without them; our electricity is run by computers, the government could not function without computers, and there are many others. Hackers are people who illegally gain access to, and sometimes tamper with, information in a computer system. Due …showed first 75 words of 762 total…

…showed last 75 words of 762 total…This underground culture will not disappear anytime soon. As long as there is technology there will be people wishing to know more about it and there will be people breaking into files. Is technology really such a great thing? Bibliography Drumheller, Michelle. "Hackers Intensify Fears of Industrial Espionage." National Defense 84.549 (1999) : 48-52. Koerner, Brendan I. "Who are hackers, anyway?" U.S. News & World Report 126.23 (1999) : 53-54. Levy, Stephen. Hackers: Heros of the Computer Revolution. New York: Dell, 1984.