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Originally posted by IWasHere
Like What?? And what are normal homicides??
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Originally posted by Hollywood
Seriously? How can hacking do more damage then KILLING another human being?
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By normal homicides, I mean anything that one person can accomplish with guns, knives, and low-level brutality by themselves.
I don't think people understand how serious hacking
can be. Sure, in this case, maybe it's not so bad: it's just some personal information. On the other hand, hacking can be used to steal thousands, millions or billions of dollars. It can be used to steal national security secrets. It can be used to disable power systems and disrupt medical care. It can be used to control computerized weapons. I mean, I feel like it would be a bigger deal by now, considering in the past 24 months, we've had worldwide news coverage of sensitive national security information being leaked and realized that the systems of our defense contractors, banks and power companies have been being manipulated for years without our knowledge.
With the homicides of a single person, we're talking about death on a small scale, which is of course, terrible. Hacking can destroy more lives and can cripple nations. It's certainly one of the fastest growing threats in our world, especially since a lot of the most powerful governments of today are simply not prepared for serious hacking disasters.
About 12-14 months ago, the US DOD ran a mock disaster of hackers infiltrating US military systems, power systems and telecommunications systems...and essentially, the test ended in disaster. Even in simulation, they were completely unprepared for such a disaster.
Anyways, I'll stop rambling.
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Give him a few years, but Jesus.
I'm sorry.