cracker
Definition
Malicious person who attempts or breaks into a secure computer system, with the intent of stealing or destroying information or disabling the system. Crackers are sophisticated, well equipped criminals, whereas bright young programmers looking for a challenge are called 'hackers' because of the absence of criminal intent.
cracker is in the Computer Hardware, Software, & Security, E-Commerce and Internet & World Wide Web subjects.
cracker appears in the definitions of the following terms: debugging, catalytic cracking, denial of service (DOS) attack, system access, hacker and computer emergency response team (CERT)
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