Q: How did computer hacking start?

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		Hackers and Computer Security Hackers first evolved during the 1960´s at university facilities with huge mainframe computers, like MIT´s artificial intelligence lab. Because these computers lacked firewall software or modern internet security, they become staging grounds for hackers. At first, "hacker" was a positive term for a person with a mastery of computers who could push programs beyond what they were designed to do. Later it became associated with computer vandals intent on harming systems.

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