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THE EFFECTS OF CYBERCRIME There are many negative effects of cybercrime, including: • Damage or destruction to data • Theft of money

• Theft of intellectual property • Loss of personal or financial data • Damage to one’s reputation • Disruption to one’s daily or work life • Physical harm or death to an individual

• The cost of restoring damaged or destroyed systems • Destruction of public utilities (water, electric, natural gas, telecommunications systems) • Weakening of a country’s military, defense system, or reputation All these negative effects make it even more important that we have highly skilled professional hackers to protect us from cybercrime.

WHY WHITE HATS AND BLACK HATS? Professional hackers are known as white hat hackers because the good guys in old Western television shows and movies typically wore white cowboy hats, while the bad guys wore black cowboy hats.

14 COOL CAREERS IN SCIENCE: PROFESSIONAL HACKERS