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When we talk about “Types of hackers” that may be familiar to everyone. Everyone really doesn’t know the right meaning of hacking. Some people have thoughts that hackers are just some people who are really made to harm some people. Everyone doesn’t know the technique and movies behind the hacking.

The people mainly think that the hacker only victimizes the people and steals the data, they are criminals and international terrorists. They thought that certain people were victims of hacking but that may sometimes be wrong in those discussions.

Who is a Hacker?

If you asked, hackers are skilled in computers and have a deep knowledge of technology to fix the issues. The hacker is referred to someone who has skilled computer programming knowledge who has the idea of a security hacker and finds the bugs, fix them before exploitation.

The main definition of a hacker is the person who is able to secure the system security but some people are using this as a different motive and create issues also.

There are some main motives of the hacker to be in this line and basically what they do when they attempt hacking breaks your system security and takes administrative power.

  1. Some hackers are egoistic and they try to increase the reputation of the hacker community leaving their signature on the system or network after a breach.
  2. Few hackers target the financial system of the systems they steal user credit card numbers and compromise the banking system.
  3. Some people have patriotic reasons to do cyber attacks when two countries are conflicting between any reasons.
  4. The last one is involved with corporate files where the organization confidential information, services, products, and maybe stolen and sold in the marketplace.

Different Types of Hacker

The hackers are divided into different types of categories to make out what they basically do and what are the main motives.

  1. White Hat Hacker
    This group has good guys, the main purpose of these people is to check the loopholes in the network, server, and application. If they found them then they suggest companies for the patches.
  2. Black Hat Hacker
    This group of people is just the opposite and they can access the user machine without the authentication. They also steal sensitive data and sell it on the dark web or any organization.
  3. Grey Hat Hacker
    These types of hacker are a mixture of both the hacker but their intentions are not similar to the Back Hat hacker but these hackers exploit the internet networks and make it public and share the data which would benefit everyone.
  4. Blue Hat Hacker
    This type of hacker is amateurs who are in revenge mode and they use the technique to execute the ill mentality.
  5. Red Hat hacker
    Red hat hackers have different motives to find the black hat hacker and find the person behind the hacking. They also find a way to the next step and stop the attack.
  6. Script Kiddies
    This keyword used for the New people in hacking they don’t do excessive damage and they just use the hacking software and other people’s written script to bombard the traffic sites and disrupt the regular work of a website.
  7. Green Hat Hacker
    This type of hacker is eco hacking experts who just want to learn and observe the world of hacking. They basically watch videos and tutorials for hacking.
  8. Hacktivists
    This type of hacker who breaks into systems and networks just to draw attention towards social causes.
  9. Cyber Terrorist
    These types of cyber attackers mainly harm the politicians who basically create violence and peace breaks in other countries
  10. Elite hacker
    This hacker is the main hacker who has deep knowledge of experts and the innovators in the field of hacking.

 

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