MPPSC 2018 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(C) The term ‘cracker’ refers to an individual who breaks into computer systems without authorisation, and deliberately defaces the websites for afraudulent purpose.
Cracker is
● a person who maliciously exploits weaknesses in a computer or network.
● a person who uses password cracking to recover passwords.
● a person who uses software cracking to modify a program.