Hacking is the effort to gain access to a computer’s internal private network or system. In a nutshell, it is the illegal use of, or control of, computer network security mechanisms. Black hat hackers attempt to take over the system in order to benefit themselves. Determinism is a philosophical view that holds that all actions, including moral decisions, are wholly predetermined by causes that have existed. Because determinism implies that people cannot behave in a manner different from what they do, it is typically believed to exclude free will.