@waff @Yoruka @HopperMCS @rher @Zergling_man >rape and pillager
That's closer to raiders than pirates.

>one who shares files freely and openly to those who so desire them.
You're one who shares information with their neighbors - I'm not sure why you would be afraid to say that instead of smearing yourself.

>would refer to them as people who try and cause malicious harm to anyone so long as they recieve a profit at the end.
That would be a fraudster.

They often call anyone who commits any crime that happens to involve a computer a "hacker", rather than describing the crime.

Those who break computer security are in fact crackers, although in certain cases the cracking process requires playful cleverness to pull off - but the media doesn't say that, as someone could learn something.