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100 machines.
2) ‘Bot nets were discovered quite recently. □ □
3) The security firms have estimated the exact number of ‘bot nets
in use. □ □
4) The Honeypot project was able to hijack many machines. □ □
5) PCs connected to broadband are the least vulnerable to attack. □ □
6) ‘Bot nets are used to send information to which people do not want. □ □
7) ‘Bot nets have been used to close down web sites. □ □
8) The Honeypot project team are confident that a solution to this □ □
problem will be found.
Read the text below and decide which of the following words best fits the space.
programmers information specialists bugs
systems vice versa hacking
security skills networks
A hacker was originally an expert or enthusiast of any kind (eg horse riding, astronomy). It was first
used in conjunction with computer programming in the 1960s, when certain computer
_______________ used the term to describe themselves. Hackers are people who enjoy exploring the
details of programmable _____________. The term hackers has, over the last few years, been
increasingly misunderstood and misused. In the media you can often find articles telling of hackers
breaking into computer systems and websites stealing and destroying ________________. In reality
however, people who call themselves hackers are the best IT ______________ with extensive
programming and networking knowledge. Hackers are often very intelligent. A hacker will take delight
in _____________ into a computer system, and will get joy from finding _________ and holes in the
operating system allowing him access.
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