Introduction

Consider the following four sentences, which ones would you consider 'hacking'?

• A security specialist finds a command injection vulnerability, allowing them to execute arbitrary system commands.

• A speedrunner discovers a new glitch, allowing them skip several levels ahead.

• A teenager asks chatGPT a question starting with “Please pretend to be my deceased grandma…”, resulting in an answer with detailed instructions on the production of napalm.

• A student borrows a course book from the library for the entire semester, paying $50 in late fees instead of buying the book for $300.

In essence, every one of them can be considered to be 'hacking'. Hacking is the process of finding creative, often unintended, ways of bypassing intended restrictions.