Cyber Attacks In the early 1970s the internet was introduced to the world and few people were using it. But now millions of people are using internet all the time either in home, work, driving, or in malls. This discovery has introduced a new type of crimes which called cybercrimes or computer crimes. The people behind cybercrimes are called hackers and what they do is hacking into other computers to steal form them. They can hack into any device that connected into the internet and control it to harm us like your phone. So the government should have a law against computer crimes because the damage caused by blackmailing, destroying other computers like electricity companies, banks and personal computers, and stealing databases like people identities and work. First of all, some hackers steal records of employee’s workplace, their social security numbers and their work assignments or projects which will affect negatively on their life. For example, some hackers sell projects to any competitive companies for a high price or their credit card information to buy with it. According to Ellen Nakashima (2015), a reporter in The Washington Post newspaper, article that talked about …show more content…
Some other people may even think that it essential to learn how to hack so they can help companies to increase their security. However there are still people that think hacking is a bad behavior that could cause a huge problem for the people. They may hack into companies’ databases to steal information so they can sell it to the competitive companies. Nicole Perlroth (2015), a technology reporter from New York Times talked about four men that know how to hack and use it to help companies to know their weaknesses in their security system. She also said that some of the highest and most famous companies are vulnerable for the hackers who might harm