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■ The problems of having computers

■ Computer crimes

■ How to protect computers from hackers

■ Criminal computer world

Cracking the computer codes (known as ‘hacking’) of banks, large companies or even government departments is the latest game for super-intelligent teenagers. One young hacker said, ‘Hacking is just intellectual. It’s your brain against the com-

puter. It’s like climbing Mount Everest – it’s something you have to do. [1]……

At the moment most of these games are just fun for young people. But how long will it be before criminal gangs, like the Mafia, start to use computer experts to help them in their crimes? [2] ………..

Already in Britain people say that computer crimes are costing companies between £500m and £2.5 billion a year.

Password Theft

A 19-year-old unnamed hacker said last night on television that he could break into the data base of any large computerized company. [3] ……….

New York Hackers make $80m

Late last Friday afternoon, when all the workers wanted to go home for the weekend, the computer system of a large New York bank suddenly went wrong. Strange words came on to the screens and in the chaos $80m disappeared from one of the bank’s accounts. A gang of teenage hackers had stolen it by computer.

Break-in at Visa

Angry hackers broke into the computer files of an American Credit Company. [4] …….They used his card number to spend $1000 of his money.