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23 J. Juv. L. 52 (2002-2003)
Hacking: Juveniles and Undeterred Recreational Cybercrime

handle is hein.journals/jjuvl23 and id is 56 raw text is: HACKING: JUVENILES AND UNDETERRED RECREATIONAL CYBERCRIME I. INTRODUCTION DNS spoofing, packet sniffers, port scanning, hacktivism, viruses, worms, denial of service attacks. Sound familiar? Probably only if you are a hacker, or a computer security expert. The world is wired. Computers, connected to one another in one form or another, affect our lives on a daily basis. This Note will examine the elusive (and notorious) group of persons whom society refers to as hackers, and the laws that pertain to them. Hacking is not a new phenomenon.' As long as there have been computers, there have likely been computer hackers in one form or another. Many technically savvy people in today's world appear to be juveniles, who have grown up with computers. A contemporary defi- nition of a hacker would be, a person who enjoys learning about ways to break into computer systems and networks.2 Computer liter- acy is fast becoming a requirement in today's world. Parents normally encourage computer use by their children, and schools teach com- puter proficiency. Use of computers by young people is largely en- couraged, but many minors go beyond computer games and educational programs; they begin hacking. Hacking is not normally done with malice, or scienter.3 Most hackers are curious; they wish to gain access to unauthorized places, and to see what they are not sup- posed to see.4 People who access a computer to steal or cause damage within the system are unaffectionatally referred to as crackers.5 Whether the juvenile is coined a hacker or cracker, the problem is that these juveniles are committing very serious computer crimes and inflicting chaos and destruction on our public and private computer systems. These illegal acts can even take place on computers located in the juvenile's bedroom while mom and dad innocently watch 1. Robert Trigaux, The Underbelly of Cyberspace, ST. PETERSBURG TIMES, June 14, 1998, at 1H. 2. Bill Husted, Learn About Hacking So You Can Avoid Being Hacked, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, March 8, 1999, at 4. 3. Id. 4. Trigaux, supra note 1, at 1H. 5. Id.

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