Welcome to American Mosaic from Learning English. Im Caty Weaver.
People who steal online information cause billions of dollars in damage every year. These criminals are called hackers. The damage would be even greater if there were not security workers who defend computer systems against attacks. Experts say these workers need to know the weaknesses of their systems so they can better-defend them.
Earlier this month, reporter Mike OSullivan visited a week-long hacker training program in San Diego, California. Young people were being taught how to hack computer systems in order to learn how to fight criminal hackers.
About 20 high school students took part in the five-day-long program. They were among the winners of a local computer competition. Sixteen-year-old Chloe Chrisostomo is one of the students.
They set networks and we can hack into the network, or we can hack into other peoples computers and then mess with them.
Students are also being taught about online spying and the sale of stolen information.
This kind of training is important to companies and governments. They want more young people to enter the information security field to help defend against online, or cyber criminals, because attacks are often very costly. Just one successful attack can cost millions of dollars.
It is a problem throughout the world. Police in such countries as India and Romania are having a difficult time fighting cyber criminals.
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