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Hunting hackers: An ethical hacker explains how to track down the bad guys

  • Written by Timothy Summers, Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Engagement, University of Maryland
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When a cyberattack occurs, ethical hackers are called in to be digital detectives. In a certain sense, they are like regular police detectives on TV. They have to search computer systems to find ways an intruder might have come in – a digital door or window left unlocked, perhaps....

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