] The students huddled over laptops at a Los Angeles-area ] college have paid nearly $4,000 to attend "Hacker ] College," a computer boot camp designed to show how ] people will try to break into network systems -- and how ] they will succeed. ] ] "It's an amazing thing how insecure the big corporations ] are," Echemendia said during a break in the weeklong ] seminar. "It's just amazing how easy it is." ] ] ... ] "What we attempt to do in our classes is teach how the ] hackers think," said Dave Kaufman, president of Intense ] School. The only way to keep hackers out of major corporate ] systems, he said, is to know how they will be attacked ] in the first place. Yes! Somewhere there is a chorus of angels singing their hearts out. "Se-cur-ri-ty, se-cur-ri-ty, hallowed be thy name." CNN.com - School teaches students 'ethical hacking' - Jun 28, 2004 |