CRIM 218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mail And Wire Fraud, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Lawful Interception
13 Dec 2015
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The hacker work ethic, where hackers are motivated less by money, and more by the playfulness of the activity and the reward of accomplishing their objectives. The money ethic, where hackers are motivated by making enough money to gain independence , in order to be free to pursue the hacker work ethic, without worrying so much about amassing wealth. The nethic, where hackers adopt new (internet) social norms, like the right to freedom of expression and the right to personal privacy . Stage 1-identification (initial discovery) of new vulnerabilities by strategically-oriented entities (e. g, foreign governments, political movements, organized crime, groups of skilled computer technologists) Stage 2-the strategically-oriented entities fund their future exploits by marketing their discoveries or innovations ; financially-oriented entities purchase the newly developed vulnerabilities early in the lifecycle, before they become widely known. Stage 3- once the vulnerabilities become well known, script kiddies begin using them, to gain social standing among and admiration from peers.
