WISE Net recommends you do not respond to it in any way, or click onto any hyperlink included. Do not be tempted to use spam yourself. It may appeal as a very cheap method of getting a message to large numbers of people. But rest assured, someone will complain, and WISE Net has a strict policy of permanently closing all user accounts of WISE Net users who spam. While cracking is not illegal in New Zealand, there are amendments to the Crimes Act currently being enacted, and it will probably become illegal at some point during 1999.
Crackers are almost always young males.
However, illegal entry to computer systems is usually gained by using commonly available software, particularly trojan horse viruses. WISE Net believe it no different to a vandal who breaks down your door to enter your home, and that crackers commit a similar level of offence to the owner of the cracked computer. However the more common crackers who use cracking tools designed by others to gain access usually do so with mischief in mind, and many of the tools used are capable of destroying the data on your disks, or theft of that data including usernames, passwords and credit card information. Many of these tools give the cracker greater access to your computer files than you have. Some commercial software products have been released to the market with infections in place, affecting tens of thousands of users.