How do ethical hackers help people and companies What is a cybercriminal What is the difference between white hat hackers and black hat hackers Shane Kelly set a record He became the youngest ethical hacker He got trained at age 16 Ethical hackers are computer experts Ethical means honorable They’re white hat hackers They hack to help people Kelly was bullied Computers helped him get away Helpful Hackers (cid:30)(cid:35)(cid:28)(cid:43)(cid:47)(cid:32)(cid:45)(cid:3)(cid:55) (cid:27)
He took apart computers He put them back together Kelly wants to catch cybercriminals Cybercriminals hack to steal information Cyber means the Internet Cybercriminals are black hat hackers Computers have security Security protects personal information Hackers break security Black hat hackers steal money They steal information Ethical hackers test security systems Ethical hackers protect people’s computers from cybercriminals (cid:28)
Many houses have security systems Prisons have security systems Computers control these systems Black hat hackers damage these security systems One hack opened doors in a prison Prisoners were set free This made people scared Ethical hackers were called They checked the security Ethical hackers help people feel safe in their homes (cid:29)
(cid:3) Tiffany Rad finds security problems Companies fix these problems Rad checked prisons She found many problems Rad showed how black hat hackers opened prison doors She learned how they broke alarms She found how they changed security videos (cid:22)(cid:8)(cid:5)(cid:14)(cid:3)(cid:42)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:3)(cid:9)(cid:19)(cid:3)(cid:47)(cid:42)(cid:42)(cid:3)(cid:42)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:64) Some hackers like to prank or play jokes on people Hackers in Montana pranked TV watchers They hacked a TV emergency alert system They sent a warning about zombies The hackers interrupted a TV show They sent this message Civil authorities in your area have reported that the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living Follow the messages on-screen that will be updated as information becomes available Do not attempt to approach or apprehend these bodies as they are considered extremely dangerous People called the police They were worried The police told people that zombies weren’t attacking Someone said Hacking the emergency alert system is funny until it’s not People need to trust emergency alerts Pranks like these could harm people (cid:30)
