Educational program - pirates starting with the letter "X". What types of Hackers are there?

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 PIRATES FOR THE LETTER "X"           
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                       HACKER - so much of it
 the word means...
 Users, users and
 other teapots
 dedicated.   
                                          
   Belated passers-by observed with surprise
given, as if around their native Khrushchev in one
walking in circles from quiet Moscow districts
there live strong guys in bulletproof vests,
talking on the walkie talkie. Periodically about
patrol cars appeared at home. "No way
tough bandits are being caught,” the aborigines thought.
us. And they were very wrong.             
   Both security and police are really under-
pretended to be tough bandits. But they didn't lo-
vili, but, on the contrary, protected from possible
excesses from FSB and Interpol.A
thus  time   in   an apartment rented in
dummy name, these are the most protected with ho-
good hacking with enthusiasm paid for
computer network of a reputable European
jar to drive the virus into it. Squeaked
modems, telephones crackled, from standing on
radio station table along with call signs and
reports rushed through the swear words. Among the mountains
equipment and beer cans wandered madly
our assistants and security guards.  And above everything
this farm in clouds of tobacco smoke,
it was as if the impossibility was hovering behind a powerful computer.
troubled  main  hero - classic
Russian hacker.  The future thunderstorm of the victorious
West and the last hope of defeated Russia
these.                                      
            Americans are complaining          
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   Word"hacker"comes from English
verb  "to hack"  - to hack. It's already like that
for twenty years they call "inquisitive" hu-
ligans, using computer networks for
entering databases of various solid-
 institutions and stealing from there everything that
lies badly.  Recognized as a pioneer and alive
remains a hacking legend to this day
American programmerKevin Mitnick,co-
who, back in 1974, managed to climb into
top-secret air defense computer network
no country. The scandal was huge then,
and the burglar escaped severe punishment only
due to the absence in American law
publishing articles about computer presses
dullness.   This drawback was quickly
corrected                                
   It is clear,  that  with the arrival in Russia
computer networks immediately appeared
hackers of their own "bottling", and in
in huge quantities. But turn around here
they had nowhere: networks were undeveloped, databases
poor... But with the advent of the famous
international network Internethungry ros-
Siysk natives were able to reach the international
home arena.  The first one came to the West
punch of a powerful Russian hacker fist
                                          
   Two years ago in an interview BBC
Director FBI Louis Freeh complained that growing
Russian hackers make up to a thousand a year
successful raids only on American battlefields
data request. That is, it was already being produced then
three break-ins per day. Louis Free specially
came to Moscow and tearfully asked to create
joint corporation to combat this
evil.  Ours responded to the request, and a year
ago in St. Petersburg they discovered a certain
Vladimir Levin, managed to
mov download through your computer in Iz-
Israel about three million dollars from
American "City Bank", part of
ten largest banks in the world. Since
and we didn’t have “anti-computer” laws
new, Levinhad to be lured to his friends in
England, where he was arrested right in
London airport.                     
                                          
                                          
 Shot down a satellite?  Elementary!     
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   It so happened that the author of these lines
turned out to be one of the few people entering Moscow
kov hacker circles. Now this is already
low class, very closed, with its own
laws and classification.  Recognized
experts explained to me that although  "City
Bank" and is among the top ten in the world,
his famous burglar is not included in the first
hundreds of Russian hackers. They are open
laughed, discussing the details of Levin's work,
transmitted to them by their St. Petersburg "colleagues".     
   As it turned out, the St. Petersburg resident committed
hacking a lot of errors worthy of an amateur.
He entered the database viaInternet
instead of a much less illuminated new se-
tyX25,has hacked several times with
one andthe same telephone number, from one
him and the same network password... Finally,
Levin failed to compose and launch after
behind the hacking program the "sweeping" program
traces". So I got caught.                   
   Meanwhile, I know for sure
several people who are already several
years, they regularly penetrate, for example, networks
NASA and they steal programs from there. One even
managed  exit  to   control program
active spy satellite and received
access to work. If he has the appropriate
general knowledge, the satellite could be driven
to hell with the horns or just drop it from orbit
you.  Another Russian hacker during the analogue
a burglary was detected automatically
computer security service. On mo-
nitore he had the following inscription: "Sir, you
gained unauthorized access to the
confidential information and thereby grossly violated the
US horses.  Disconnect immediately and go
surrender to the nearest police station."
The pirate, not devoid of humor, immediately answered
Teal: "Sir, I would love to do that,
but the nearest police station is
five from methousands of miles". Such geog-
a computer cannot comprehend graphic news
could and fell silent...                        
   Once I placed a box of cognac with the sign
by whom hacker to penetrate the database
new headquarters NATO in Brussels. Disbelief
the possibility of Russian hackers backfired
It's not cheap and fast for me. Because right there, on mine
eyes, saving the honor of his uniform, programmer
from your home 386 computer for
twenty minutes (!) pumped him out and brought him to the mo-
nitor protocol schedule of visits for-
foreign delegations to Brussels. Information
was stolen via the regular Internet from
server (central computer internal
network) office headquarters NATO,and non-
which terrorist organizations have
they would pay a lot of money for it. But such
cases are relatively rare.  We need a hacker
push very hard for him to make up his mind
hack such an office. But to climb
into the computer of some gaming company and
stealing a new game is par for the course. 
 HELP                   
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   At the very beginning, we talked about how
what precautions do Moscow hackers take?
ry bombed an Austrian bank with viruses.
For those curious, we present technical
data for this unique operation.          
 * Equipment  main  hacking:  586th
 computerIBM, autonomous power source
 tania, telephone with answering machine   and
 anti-caller ID, modem, two so-called
 mirror monitors, five walkie-talkies "Alan"
 for security.                            
 * Peripheral resource support: de-
 nine cars 486 and 586, twenty-eight radio beacons throughout the city, twelve
 operators (three as backups).     
 * Security and backup: two police officers
 crew, five own guards,
 our own people at MGTS and at the bank.            
 * Preparation for surgery - 25 days. Time
 the operation itself takes nine hours.       
 * Payment: hacker - 5 thousand dollars, according to
 no data for operators, police - 200 each
 dollars per person, security - 40 each
 thousands per capita. Total costs - approx.
 40 thousand dollars.                     
 * Hacking efficiency: computer systems
 The bank's themes have been disabled for a day.
 Direct damage- about one hundred thousand dollars -
 ditch, moral - in the form of a tarnished re-
 putations are difficult to assess.                
                                          
           What types of hackers are           
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* ROMANCE.  These are loners, hacking
databases out of curiosity. One of my friends
who got into the Louvre computer and now
regularly views the exhibition, acquires
connecting to world culture. In general they are
safe and selfless, but also the most
talented.                                 
* PRAGMATIKS or classics.  They steal what
you will have: games, programs, databases,
operating systems, electronic versions
various publications... So, last September
logo of the year in Moscow, the company MICROSOFT with og-
represented her with great pomp, then but
the latest operating systemWINDOWS-95.B
Western press reported that advertising
your newthe company spent 300 of product
million dollars.  And the companies won’t last long
could understand why in Russia this system
sells out so bad. But even in the spring our
hackers hacked the database MICROSOFTa, downloaded
from there, then classified "ninety-five
thuya" and quickly established its pirate
production at affordable prices.          
* SCOUTS.  Today in any respecting
the company is supported by its own
a hacker, designed, for example, as a program
rammist.  His job is to hack networks and
competitor databases to obtain con-
confidential  information.  From them already
Petrovka-38 was damaged.  Some craftsmen
stole phone number from her server
database throughout Moscow and placed it in
regular  CD.  Today it is possible
purchase for a few tens of dollars.
* CYBERGANGSTERS. This is already professional
computer bandits. They're not there yet
a lot, and they work for large mafia
structures.  There is almost always a group
mi, sometimes 10-15 people. Here are the tasks
specific:blocking or disruption of work
computer networks of various “undesirable”
Russian and Western companies, as well as theft
money from bank accounts. It's expensive and
unsafe, but the highest paid.
                                          
                                          
                                          
              Material prepared for printing
 POLTERGEIST  From Samara
 on  based on  articles  
 "Express newspaper"  N34(100).
                                          
                        to be continued...
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 Well, how? Is there a difference? And what is the source?
nickname ordinary average person
reads more often, "CompuTerru"or"Express
newspaper"?That's it, that "Express"!
And what facts will be thrown around? And in
what mortal sins and who to blame
children?                                     
 On this far from happy note, I
I'll finish  today's   story   about
computer educational program. Don't believe everything that
written - not everything is true that she
it seems.                                  
                                          
 See you again.                        
                                          
                     E. Milun (Paul Atrides)
                                          
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