Who are the computer criminal and their object?

^[1] Computer crime can be broadly defined as criminal activity involving information technology infrastructure, including illegal access, illegal interception, systems interference (interfering with the functioning of a computer system by inputting, transmitting, damaging, deleting, misuse of devices, forgeryand electronic fraud.^[2]In the infancy of the hacker subculture and the computer underground,^[3] criminal convictions were rare because there was an informal code of ethics that was followed by white hat hackers.^[4] Proponents of hacking claim to be motivated by artistic and political ends, but are often unconcerned about the use of criminal means to achieve them.


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