Phreaking

Phreaking definition - hacker
A form of cyberspace theft and/or fraud using technology to make free telephone calls. John Draper (a.k.a. CapÂ’n Crunch) is probably the most famous phreaker in the Computer Underground, because he was the first in the U.S. who was jailed for this type of exploit.

See Also: Computer Underground (CU); Fraud.

Schell, B.H. and Martin, C. Contemporary World Issues Series: Cybercrime: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2004.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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