se they have successfully broken into a file or the gate that secures company information. Those who have broken through this gate and have altered this data are considered crackers because they have not just successfully broken into the system, but have exposed malicious behavior on their property. Examples of a cracker is negligence to deface a website, alter, or erase valuable information from their file management, and/or sell, transfer information, such as funds into other accounts for withdrawal. Therefore, crackers are considered dangerous, possess a lack of computer skills, knowledge, and usually are profiled as juveniles by federal authorities.Recently, authorities apprehended a 16-year-old cracker who perpetrated the CNN database deleting files, also known as a procedure in hacker lingo as modifying the residue in the kernel memory of the system. The juvenile cracker is believed to have struck several worldwide websites, dropping Dow Jones for more than 500 points and losing more than tens of millions of investment dollars. This case is an example by the U.S. Justice Department to send a message across to the hacker community -announcing the act will no longer be tolerated. As authorities heighten their investigations, more and more companies like Sprint, MCI, Abovenet, and Exds are all working together to put the flow of suspicious information together. Furthermore, they are able to assist law enforcement agencies in correlating information from a number of different sources as logging access lists off layer four connections and routers to pin point who recently visited the network system (Master, 1). As well, information off chat rooms, direct i.p to i.p. matchmaking, unique remote file transfers, and suspicious transactions made by users over cyber space are being reported. This is all possible by the advancement of technology and the participation of all government agencies and private corporations coming together. No doub...
