Ok I have read several posts and talked with those on the irc channel.

If there is no way to hide your IP or proxy it then how do people still hack? Is this a matter of finding servers that just have poor security and poor logging? Do the crackers or hackers erase their tracks in the logs or use some type of backdoor?

With all the hacks/cracks going on what I don't understand is if their IP has not been faked how come they are not traced?

Is this why we are seeing an increase in worms and trojans because they are bounced so many times that tracing them back is almost impossible?

This is just to get started and understand how people are still breaking into computers when they can be traced.