Really, how powerful are Hackers?
 

Who leads the Hackers? Is there a leader or...?

Yes yes, Jesse, at http://astalavista.com/

So what do we know about Jesse? Is he on the run, living in a van on wifi?

:1orglaugh

I used to be a hacker, no leader, only hacked for fun

Are you talking about hackers or crackers. Hackers just play around on their computer all day. Crackers are the ones that go around causing trouble.

I always thought that crackers were the like software pirates, cracking copy protection schemes... and I thought hackers were like the network troublemakers... like in the movie.

me too. the kids that play around all day are script kiddies.

Cult Of The Dead Cow :feels-hot

Hackers usually are really into computers and try to make something work that hasn't already been done or make something work better. Go into a hacker newsgroup and ask how to crack something. I've seen people get flamed to no end for that.

http://www.plethora.net/~seebs/faqs/hacker.html

What's that?

yo dude, don't worry about the hackers, worry about the guys with tin foil as hats hanging around outside your door....:1orglaugh

Ok, I'm not talking about the nice hackers that do opensource freeware stuff... I'm talking about the dudes that fuck with governments and big corporations.

There are a few guys in the world (about 50) who between them always have access to 0day exploits for the latest services and operating systems.. they are very powerful.. but most of them never do anything nasty

Mostly greyhats and work for companies like Iss Xforce Foundstone Eeye etc during the day

There is an emerging hacker scene in asia.. they used to be just script kiddies but now some of the biggest 0day exploits come out of .cn

Yeah... :eyecrazy !

See now this guy has juicy details!

You dont remember the cDc , Cult of the dead cow was a group of hackers that created Back Oriface , they were always big at the DefCon conventions, bunch of crazy computer guru`s

danger lurking around every corner! :glugglug

Hackers are not organized.

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0dayexploit -- sounds like a cool new GFY character!

Yeah I remember Back Oriface -- we installed that shit on our supervisor's PC... hehe... she freaked out when we started playing sounds on her machine :1orglaugh

well, the old unix guys like from bell labs called themselves hackers

Heh CDC are oldschool

Back orifice/Bo2k started the whole win32 trojankiddy scene so you can thank them for that..

I think at one Defcon, CDC guys threw raw meat at audience members during their presentation? Can't recalll :winkwink:

Maybe Bin Laden is leading them :1orglaugh

Another bland term that can fit almost anything.

There are good hackers bad hackers curious hackers Bored hackers hobby hackers. Stupid hackers, Vendetta hackers.

I hacked my microwave the other day and found a secret message that the programmer coded into the display.

Once ****** my local atm and found that they run a micrcrap os. How pathetic.

Not long ago i ****** mitnicks' new company server just to see what he had. ( guess he aint so clever after being locked up for so long )

If your not being specific then i guess it could mean . "anything your not normally supposed to be doing/have access to "

Most "hackers" are security buffs that are keeping track on new trends. and keeping their own shit safe.

Theres only one way to test your own shit against hackers, and that is to hack it yourself.

Is there a leader. Yes His name is bill gates. He has hacked more computers than anyone on earth.

P.s. to you ! keep your private info off your computer or dont talk so much smack :1orglaugh

I am the leader of the hackers. We are very powerful, and can leap over buildings. Please send me your credit card number and expiry date, and I will tell all the hackers to not use it to buy elite hacker merchandise, like whores.

Hey Smokey, do you got a tin foil hat too? :glugglug

Try the russian mafiya , and your getting closer

there is no leader.

they run in packs.

and they are all powerful.

The internet is as secure as a virgins pussy on prom night.:2 cents:

Nope but i got a pair of size 13 daytons ready if you want to test them out.

real hackers don't talk about hacking.

and they don't talk about fight club either.

hmmm...no thanks on the daytons!

I agree with you, though....hackers is a broad term

Wait....I thought we were talking about hackers and now you bring up Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze?

fight club = patrick swayze, no?

no.. fight club = brad pitt

the real hackers dont say they are hackers, they r security experts and make of them in their young 20's.

anyone who said they hack in this thread is a wannabe and probly uses scripts like backorfice.

alot of warez groups have good hackers, but u will never see them publicizing it.

brad pitt