Hacker Walter Delgatti Neto informed today, August 17, in a statement to the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPMI), that the former president Jair Bolsonaro would have asked him to take over an alleged wiretap against the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes.
Delgatti, known as the Vaza Jato hacker, also said in his statement to the CPMI that deputy Carla Zambelli asked him to break into a Justice portal to make it clear that the system was fragile. The hacker stated that the invasion would prove that Brazilian electronic voting machines would not be reliable.
The CPMI is investigating the coup acts that took place on January 8, in the capital Brasília. The acts destroyed public buildings such as the STF itself, the Planalto Palace and the Federal Senate.
Remember how the coup acts were on January 8
What is a hacker?
Hacker is a person who has in-depth knowledge of information technology and computing and who works by developing and modifying computer software and hardware. These alterations made by the hacker are not necessarily crimes.
The general role of the hacker is to develop new functionalities in computer systems. Therefore, anyone who has deep knowledge in a specific area of computing, and who can discover new uses in that area, can be called a hacker.
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Where does a hacker work?
The hacker works with computers and the internet. The job market for the hacker is, today, very broad. He can work in sectors related to forensics, vulnerability research, project engineering, software development, penetration testing, risk management, among others.
Hacking usually requires training in an area related to information technology, since most of these courses have subjects related to information security.
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Hacker x Cracker
As already mentioned above, the hacker does not necessarily commit virtual crimes. Therefore, the most correct term for anyone who works with a computer for this purpose would be “cracker”.
Studies show that crackers would be hackers who use knowledge in information technology, computing and other technologies to illegally invade systems, websites, servers, databases, etc. Crackers would make these intrusions to test the vulnerability of services, but in other situations it would be for some financial or personal gain.
In summary: the cracker would be the “evil hacker”. The expression was created in 1995, precisely to distinguish them from those who would be the “good hackers”.
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*With information from Agência Brasil
By Silvia Tancredi
Journalist
