Dc holds for "some of the most notorious hackers from around the world" (Sullivan 1), one of the members of cDc said, "Drugs and hacking go hand-in-hand" (Sullivan 3). Deth Vegetable said, "Taking Drugs is like hacking your brain" (Sullivan 3). This is the way hackers are, they have fun in hacking, and the more they hack, the more fun they have. "If hacking is taking an electro-chemical computing device and altering it for your own enhancement, then taking XTC [, a type of drug,] is doing the same for your brain. At least that's the rationalization" (Sullivan 3). Hacking is just another way to receive a build up of adrenaline in the body. Hackers will receive the thrill and chills of the rebellious act and then have all that adrenaline, making themselves feel really good (4). Hackers also gain many possessions from hacking. One thing that they gain is knowledge. Not just knowledge of how to hack, but knowledge of the systems that they are hacking into and knowledge of different security precautions that people take to try to keep hackers out. There are a vast number of different systems that hackers have to know in order to hack into them. Hackers will read up on the different programs. They will also go to conferences to learn about new techniques, and new ways that one can break into a system with out a lot of work (Sterling 73). A hacker can receive anything he/she wants from hacking into other computers. They can download, or copy to their computer, applications, games, and many different kinds of powerful programs for their computer. They can make credit card numbers and also calling card numbers. If a hacker dials into the telephone companies computers and hacks into them, they can reek havoc on the telephone system. Phone numbers can be changed among other things. The type of phone that a phone number has can be changed; i.e. a regular house phone can be changed into a pay phone. When a person tries to dial out, they get a reques...
