Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Hacking is a complicated term. In it’s most colloquial form it has become synonymous with programming—hence the term "hackathon". But it’s darker meaning involves breaking into a machine that you don’t have access to—hence the phrase "I got hacked." Malicious hacking take many forms and be done for a variety of reasons. It can exploit flaws with software or, equally often, with the humans that use and support software systems.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
Hacking is a complicated term. In it’s most colloquial form it has become synonymous with programming—hence the term "hackathon". But it’s darker meaning involves breaking into a machine that you don’t have access to—hence the phrase "I got hacked." Malicious hacking take many forms and be done for a variety of reasons. It can exploit flaws with software or, equally often, with the humans that use and support software systems.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
