Cracker

A cracker is either a piece of software (program) whose purpose is to 'crack' the code to, say, a password; or 'cracker' refers to a person who attempts to gain unauthorised access to a computer system. Such persons are usually ill intentioned and perform malicious acts of techno-crime and vandalism

See Also:

• Code breaking software;
• Compression;
• Compressors / Packers;
• Copy Protection;
• Cryptography;
• Computer Forensics;
• Content Advisor;

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