Are 'computer hackers' technological innovators who push the boundaries of development or reckless criminals who endanger companies and individuals?

In my essay I am going to speak about hackers and their negative and positive roles in the society. Hacking is a relatively old issue, dated to 1961 [1, history of]. There are many ways to define hackers but in my opinion their position as reckless criminals who endanger companies and individuals, outpaces their positive effects. Nowadays there is a lot of evidence on the harm and the loss that they cause to big companies and as …

…of a coin. The graph of the losses goes very high compared with that of innovation, so there is no evidence of calling hackers computer innovators. Considering all the cases in witch computer hacker are involved we can clearly see what they really are. People every day do efforts to escape from the 'lethal' hands of hackers. Revising all the above stated I can say that hackers are reckless criminals who endanger companies and individuals.