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What can a hacker do to my system?

Computers are multi-purpose machines that aids both the good and the bad guys in getting their work done easily. And today, we rely so much on them in performing tasks like:
Sending and recieving mails,Browsing the internet, Keeping business and personal records, Performing banking transactions, Scheduling meetings, Planning events Fighting crimes, Communicating with people, the list is endless.
There is nearly nothing we do these days without computers, most people in the developed countries takes notes with tablets computers and smart phones, this has been adopted as a standard. If this is it, you don't need a technical person to tell you that a computer hacker can even take your life or aid in taking it.


  • A hacker can break into your system and access every information on your system's hard disk.
  • A hacker can send your to jail by impersonating you and using your information or your system's information such as: IP Address, MAC Address, etc. to perform a bad job making it all look like you did it.
  • A hacker can gain access to your company's network through your own system which is connected to the network and perform an attack that could put you in jail or kick you out of your job.

Whatever a malicious attacker does to your system, the end result is always bad.
To learn how to protect your system against an attacker, please check out my previous post "Securing your system from hackers".
Note: There has been some arguments about who a hacker is and while some argue that a hacker is a computer cracker that cracks to gain unauthorized access to a computer service, network, etc. some believe that a hacker is a computer genius (mainly Software Engineers) who can program the computer to do their will. In this post, I refer to a hacker as a computer genius that uses his or her skills for malicious purposes. This hacker could be anybody, starting from your son, daughter,
mother, father, grandmother, a paid hacker or anyone who is good at using the computer systems.

Disclaimer: I can't say that the information provided in this are all a hacker can do. To find more information on what a hacker can do, please google it out.

Thanks for reading....

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