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Your CIO can reduce virus hoaxes in your firm. Here's how
MYTH: "teenage hackers write most of the viruses out there"
Reality:
Yes, teenage hackers have unleashed viruses -- and so has a computer magazine publisher. According to one trusted
military publication, the U.S. Defense Department creates computer viruses for use as
weapons. Trojan horses for many
decades sprang from the minds of middle-aged men in business suits; computer prices only recently dropped to a level
where teenagers could get into the act. Businessman or teenager, we call them "wormers" when they abuse
their knowledge of computers.
You shouldn't fear hackers (teenager or adult!) just because some of them know how to write viruses. It all boils
down to an ethics issue, not a technology issue. Hackers know a lot about computers; wormers abuse their
knowledge. "Hackers" as a whole got a bum rap when the mass media corrupted the term.
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