Hardware theft can take many forms, including individuals making illegal copies of programs to give to friends and businesses installing software on more computers than permitted in the program's end-user license agreement. True or false?

This statement is: FALSE.

Explanation:

Hardware theft refers ONLY to the stealing or the breaking of computer equipment, such as cutting the wires of a machine or stealing a computer partially (like the mouse or the keyboard) or totally. Individuals making illegals copies of programs or installing software on more computers than permitted are NOT committing hardware theft but software piracy.