It's something different from stealing. Both "hacking" and stealing are illegal in most countries, but they're still completely different actions: one is takin

It's something different from stealing. Both "hacking" and stealing are illegal in most countries, but they're still completely different actions: one is taking a physical object from someone, the other is sending and receiving electrical pulses trough a wire. You wouldn't call stealing and killing by the same word, either, even though both are illegal.