According to research done by Tufin Technologies, a company security specialists from the United States, 25 percent of teenagers admitted to ever try to hack others accounts online.
Of those who claimed never tried to do the hacking, about 78 percent of them admit that their actions were wrong. However, it does not make them stop their activities.
Cracking, or searching for passwords is the most widely performed activity and the main way they get into an online account to other Internet users.
"One of the most alarming of the data revealed by this survey is the large number of children who managed to hack and age of those involved," said Reuven Harrison, Chief Technology Officer and founder of Tufin Technologies, as quoted from the PC Advisor VIVAnews, 24 March 2010.
Harrison said the hacking had changed a lot in recent years. "From the merely curious or just for fun, now hacking into ways to make money and cause chaos in the companies," he said.
From the data obtained, more than 46 percent of children have access to another user account just for fun. While the other 20 percent do so to make money. Even 5 percent thought that the activities they regard as their career.
Tufin mentions, 25 percent of trials into account hacking is on Facebook. The other 18 percent of their friends are trying to access email. Approximately 5 percent of players admitted trying to get into their school website.
From the side of the device used, as much as 27 percent say do so through a personal computer. Now 22 percent do so via internet cafe, and 21 percent rely on computers in schools. According to research done by Tufin Technologies, a company security specialists from the United States, 25 percent of teenagers admitted to ever try to hack others accounts online.
Of those who claimed never tried to do the hacking, about 78 percent of them admit that their actions were wrong. However, it does not make them stop their activities. Cracking, or searching for passwords is the most widely performed activity and the main way they get into an online account to other Internet users.
"One of the most alarming of the data revealed by this survey is the large number of children who managed to hack and age of those involved," said Reuven Harrison, Chief Technology Officer and founder of Tufin Technologies, as quoted from the PC Advisor VIVAnews, 24 March 2010.
Harrison said the hacking had changed a lot in recent years. "From the merely curious or just for fun, now hacking into ways to make money and cause chaos in the companies," he said.
From the data obtained, more than 46 percent of children have access to another user account just for fun. While the other 20 percent do so to make money. Even 5 percent thought that the activities they regard as their career.
Tufin mentions, 25 percent of trials into account hacking is on Facebook. The other 18 percent of their friends are trying to access email. Approximately 5 percent of players admitted trying to get into their school website.
From the side of the device used, as much as 27 percent say do so through a personal computer. Now 22 percent do so via internet cafe, and 21 percent rely on computers in schools.
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