Shivam Srivastava

IT Security Analyst & Consultant, Freelancer, Digital Forensics Investigator, Developer, Trainer Hacking has been around for longer than the word itself.

The original use of the word "hack" came from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and it described a creative or witty way of doing almost anything. This soon grew to include creative practical jokes that involved some degree of stealth whether literal or simply in its implementation. Soon the word began to imply some degree of harm done to the "victim." Many who call themselves hackers insist that if their actions are inflicting harm, then it is not hacking, but "cracking"