Advantage and disadvantage of network attack

What is hacking?

Hacking is the practice of modifying the features of a system, in order to accomplish a goal outside of the creator's original purpose. The person who is consistently engaging in hacking activities, and has accepted hacking as a lifestyle and philosophy of their choice, is called a hacker.

Advantages of hacking

-Can be used to recover lost information where the computer password has been lost.
-Teaches u that no technology is 100% secure

-To test how good security is on your own network. ;) 

They call it white hat computer hacking.

-hacking is good with games especially when you are online but the only problem is
if the gaming server finds out that you have been hacking then you could get chucked off the gaming server so watch out

Disadvantages of hacking

-Criminals can use it to their advantage.
-It can harm someone's privacy

-It's Illegal.

-It destroys other works

source:http://tissans.blogspot.com/2011/11/define-hacking-advantages-and.html