Is the internet a villian?

I found this very interesting because it seems that the internet can be like a villain to our society. How is this even possible? Well, there has been dramatic increase in identity theft, which involves hackers. Identity theft is pretty self-explanatory, but it basically means when someone uses another person’s identity to take advantage of their items such as; credit cards, debit cards, etc. This involves the internet because many of the cases are caused over the internet. Someone can easily hack a person’s personal information and the victim would never know who the person is.

Hackers have developed because of the internet. An example of a conflict was when Sony got hacked about a couple years ago. Most of the problem was on the PSN (PlayStation Network). This brought anger in a lot of people because many of them had credit card numbers on it, so they can purchase items from the PSN store. The PSN network was down for at least 1 month and Sony took a heavy loss in sales. The hacker group that did all of this, was called Anonymous. They called themselves Anonymous because they wanted nobody to know who they were.

As mentioned, the internet is similar to a villain because it can’t be trusted at all. I never put personal information on the internet because I know it’s not secure as everyone thinks. There are many great things for the internet, as far as getting medical information or even just keeping in contact with loved ones. Overall, I think people should think twice before posting their personal information because they are putting themselves in vulnerable position.