Many computer criminals break into systems simply for the fun and challenge.

Maybe a few students at a university, or high school who fancy themselves computer criminals.

For unlike the burglar, the computer criminal is never at the scene of the crime.

Because computer criminals are so difficult to prosecute, digital architecture plays an even more important role in fighting crime.

Only 1% of all computer criminals are prosecuted and less than 5% of those result in convictions.

Each of his computer criminals was recruited by Alex; that's the only name that Miles knew.

At the time of his arrest, he was the most-wanted computer criminal in the United States.

"Cyberpunk," a literary term, has become a synonym for computer criminal.

"Closer to home, the computer criminal who broke into Federal Files goes on trial tomorrow.

Albert Gonzalez (born 1981), government informant and computer criminal.

The controversy remains, however, and Mitnick is often cited today as an example of the quintessential computer criminal.

In order to do so, there are several recurring tools of the trade and techniques used by computer criminals and security experts.

The move underscored the vulnerability of any computer on the global Internet network to a sophisticated computer criminal.

Computer criminals have used premium-rate numbers to defraud unsuspecting Internet users.

Wiz thought about Malkin as a computer criminal.

AOL asserts that it will use all its skills to protect this private information from computer criminals and snoops.

That in turn led to a couple of computer criminals finding their way to this world and that had ended in another enormous battle.

Among law enforcement officials and computer security experts there is a long-standing truism that brilliant computer criminals never get caught.

"No, I mean system breakers, computer criminals."

The Koobface gang's freedom underscores how hard it is to apprehend international computer criminals, even when identities are known.

"So this secret convention of," he ran his finger down the clipping, "ten thousand or so computer criminals was covered by the local newspapers."

Complaints about supposed mainstream misuse started as early as 1983, when media used "hacker" to refer to the computer criminals involved in the 414s case.

Part of the controversy may arise from the older, less stigmatized, definition of hacker, which has since become synonymous with computer criminal.

Often young and disaffected, computer criminals are the ultimate technological gremlins: by tapping into one system, they can destroy many while eluding detection.

The system is widely used by computer hobbyists and is frequently used for anonymous communications between computer criminals.