Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct, whether legal or illegal, depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause.

• Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.
• Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Inc, which set the computing world on its ear with the Macintosh in 1984.
• It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.
• I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.
• As a young boy, I was taught in high school that hacking was cool.
• Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.
• My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government's false claims.
• I was pretty much the government's poster boy for what I had done.
• No way, no how did I break into NORAD. That's a complete myth. And I never attempted to access anything considered to be classified government systems.
• Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big business.