Is hacking illegal?

Question

Recently German Hacker group managed to break Apple's Fingerprint reader. What left me wondering if hacking is (if at all) illegal was the fact that they could publicly display what they do.

Answer 1

Hacking your OWN tech is legal. Hacking someones else tech, without any permission to do so is very illegal. The permission part has to be there, without it dont do it.

Comments

In Zimbabwe if someone hacks into your personal account e.g. Facebook and you have proof can you take legal action

Answer 2

Depends with your legislation.