Students to learn art of computer hacking
June 19, 2006
Jason Allardyce
Professor Lachlan MacKinnon, head of Abertay’s school of computing and creative technologies, said that the course was necessary because the techniques featured in movies such as War Games were now in common use. “The bottom line is if you want to be secure disconnect your computer now because there is nothing that will make it secure. If someone wanted to steal your money, your identity, your house, they could do it,” he said.
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
Professor Lachlan MacKinnon, head of Abertay’s school of computing and creative technologies, said that the course was necessary because the techniques featured in movies such as War Games were now in common use. “The bottom line is if you want to be secure disconnect your computer now because there is nothing that will make it secure. If someone wanted to steal your money, your identity, your house, they could do it,” he said.
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/