On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 10:36 +0200, Swapnil Bhartiya wrote:
> Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant of Sophos, has responded to my
> blog asking not to use word hackers for criminals. What is your opinion?

IMO, the right word is cracker. 

Checkout http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1392.html

<snip>

hacker
      A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the
      internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in
      particular.  The term is often misused in a pejorative context,
      where "cracker" would be the correct term.  See also: cracker.

</snip>

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