Teenage Hacking Habits

Have your accounts ever been hacked?

In today's tech talk, the word of the day is hacking. According to a newly released survey titled, "Teenage Hacking Habits," 16-percent of teens admitted to hacked and 34-percent started by the age of 13.

The survey was based on the answers from 1000 teens.

Here are the details from Tufin's survey:

brethren. Some of the major take-away’s include:

* American kids hack less, are hacked more and get caught hacking substantially less than their UK counterparts.
* In the UK, one in four (26%) have tried hacking with 36% - or roughly one in three - reporting that they have been hacked.
* In the US, 16% of students, or roughly one in six hack and exactly half (50%) have had their Facebook or email accounts compromised.
* 18% of London and a surprising 30% of NYC students agreed hacking is easy.
* 70% of UK teenagers labeled the practice as 'uncool' versus 61% of US teenagers.
* Roughly 70% of New York students think hackers should be viewed as criminals and be punished by the law, compared to only 53% of their peers in London.
* Perhaps it’s because they get caught almost twice as often - in the UK, 27% have been caught or know someone who has been caught hacking, as opposed to only 15% of their American brethren.
* Facebook is the number one target for young hackers in the US (20%) and the UK (25%), followed by their friends’ email accounts (6% US & 18% UK).
* 80% of US kids had tried hacking by age 16 as opposed to only 44% of their UK peers.