2004 A group of computer hackers calling themselves 'Spykids' strikes 45 business and defaces their home pages. 1994 A right-wing hacker attempts to sabotage election results by hacking into the computers processing election results of South Africas first democratic election. Also in 1991, publishes an article on Cyberpunk by Dr Tim Leary, the first time the word is mentioned in print in South Africa.
Many hackers gain their first experience of online world via Douglas Reeler's modem.
Is now the subject of an ongoing court case for its active support of the apartheid regime.ġ991 Cape Educational Computer Society (CECS) becomes the first to advocate culture in South Africa. The term 'cracker' is a better description for those who break into secured system by exploiting. In recent times there has been an attempt to restore the meaning of the term hacker, which is still associated with creating, and its secondary meaning, which has become the stuff of legend. Note: A distinction needs to be made between a ' hacker who hacks out of intellectual curiosity, and a ' hacker who has ulterior motives. Please to this page from try the for suggestions. This article is an, as no other articles.
