The program also noted the Internet addresses of the intruders. They turned out to be an assortment, including several Canadian companies, UUNet, Ohio State University, even a cable-TV network in Stockholm. Hackers, people who try to break into other people's computers, are a varied lot. Most are guys in their teens, some are men in their 20s, a few are computer geeks in their 30s with responsible jobs. There is even a sprinkling of women among them.
Some hackers work under the cover of anonymity.
Others have no qualms about setting up their own Web sites. Some hackers try to make their way into PCs that do not belong to them just for the sport - to see whether they can do it. Others hack to look around in people's computers without the intention to do harm. Some hack because they are evil. They want to trash the computers they manage to break into.