You’re always going to have hackers trying to get into the system … Hackers are smart and they’re bored. A lot of these people don’t have a life, or a job.
Predictor: Whalen, John
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for the Washington Post, Scott Moore quotes businessman John Whalen of Netcom and his reaction to security problems online. Moore writes: ”Computer experts say it’s relatively easy to send e-mail from another person’s online address – even without a password. With more than 7 million people using online services, there are going to be those who don’t follow the rules, said John Whalen, executive vice president of marketing for Netcom, a service provider whose subscribers were inundated with the hate mail. ‘You’re always going to have hackers trying to get into the system … Hackers are smart and they’re bored. A lot of these people don’t have a life, or a job.'”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Community/Culture
Subtopic: Cyberpunks/Hackers
Name of publication: Washington Post
Title, headline, chapter name: Let the E-mailer Beware: Perturbations, Pleasures and Predicaments on the Information Superhighway
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document?_m=ca4d7223d13ab6ccaeeed75044388933&_docnum=10&wchp=dGLbVlz-lSlAl&_md5=bff31f6a513967fbded4e97bdc3c36eb
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney