Why you should be thanking hackers

With titles like "cyber terrorist" floating around, hackers have been associated with all things criminal, malicious, and in some cases, just plain psychotic. A fair argument, considering how many cases of identity theft, loss of income, slander, and more have come from a data breach thanks to a keyboard and a few hours. So why should you be thanking hackers? What we have are three different columns of hackers; white hats, gray hats, and black hats. The black hat is the terrorist; the gray hat is the one who doesn’t always do damage but wants to make a point; and… [Continue Reading]