When it comes to hacking national security, there is really no benefit for anyone except the hacker. The nation will risk losing its stability by being hacked or the people of the nation may lose their personal information to a hacker. According to Rubin (2012), a “pro-Israeli hacker” put the Facebook emails’ and passwords’ of 30,000 “helpless Arabs” on a hacking website. This exemplifies the fact that there are benefits for the hacker such as fulfilling his/her selfish and political motivations by making other people of a nation miserable. The Arabs who were hacked felt attacked not just individually, but as a whole Arab nation against the Israeli hacker. This one hacker caused everyone anger and an obstruction of trust.
According to Cooney (2009) “The Central Intelligence Agency…anticipates growing cyber threats as a more technically competent generation enters the ranks.” As Cooney (2009) says, since the CIA is expecting cyber hacking to occur, they are prepared for the worst. This can be looked at as a potential benefit because nations are improving their own security systems to avoid hackers. Similarly, “The growing number of cyber threats has led to increased demand for cyber security experts certified in IT master’s degree, penetration testing, computer forensics, security audit, ethical hacking and security analysis” (“French Finance Ministry Suffers Cyber-attack”, 2011). The popularity of the new cyber security field is so extreme because of these harmful hackers. Now, it is important to examine the legal and ethical issues of hacking national security.
