If there wasn't any hackers then we would still be stuck with Windows 3.1 or 95. Our economy is based mostly on technology. There for if we want to advance we need some way to tweak our technology for better proformance. Therefore companies make billions of dollars making anti-virus software, and Operating Sytem companies try to make the users more secure and easier at the same time. Then we start upgrading to better OS's and Updates. Then we start hacking them... Upgrade... Hacked... Upgrade... Hack. While money pours into our economy.