Types of Hacker

Types of Hackers

This is for all those who are planning to start their hacking journey. Hope that you do not end up being an unethical hacker after reading this😟

• White hat hackers

1. They are also known as Ethical Hackers
2. These are basically the good people 👼 of the hacking industry
3. They do everything within the lawful boundaries
4. They do not have malicious intentions
5. They do this to improve the security of the systems by checking and scanning for vulnerabilities and then using necessary tools to provide better protection

• Black hat hackers

1. They perform illegal activities for their own personal interests
2. They gain unauthorized access to confidential data by cyber threats and attacks
3. They have malicious intentions👾 
4. They steal information, violate privacy, corrupt important files, implant viruses and disrupt the working of the system
5. These are the hackers commonly shown in movies with a hoody

• Grey hat hackers

1. They perform the tasks of both white as well as grey hat hackers
2. They also do not have malicious intent
3. They also break illegally into a system to check for security breach potential and vulnerabilities and the security of the system but eventually inform the administrator or the authorities about it.
4. All this may lead you to think that they just break into the system illegally to check for vulnerabilities and ultimately they are good people. But, let me tell you that gray hat hacking is also illegal as they are not authorized for whatever they do.

• Script Kiddie

1. They are amateur hackers 👶 who carry out their hacking activities by using readymade tools and scripts.
2. They perform illegal works but are unaware of the negative results or outcomes of their activities. 
3. They do not have any intention to learn hacking techniques. 

• Green Hat Hacker

1. They are newbies
2. They are also like script kiddies but they have an intention to learn. They do not copy premade codes.
3. They also ask a lot of questions out of curiosity to learn along the way.
4. They wish to become a full-fledged hacker. 

• Red Hat Hacker

1. They are similar to white hat hackers as they also work to stop black hat hackers and anyone who shouldn’t have access to information.
2. But their methods to do so are scary and unethical
3. They take it upon themselves to basically take revenge from the black hat hacker by shutting their system down.

• Suicide Hacker

These groups of hackers may have all kinds of hackers like black hat, white hat, grey hat etc. who have their own political agendas and own motives.

• Codder/Cracker

This is not a type of hacker but an important type to mention about. He is a person who only has knowledge about coding in some programming language and no specific knowledge about hacking. 
However, he is able to hack or gain access to information because he can make changes in the source code.
A hacker can be a cracker but a cracker cannot be a hacker. 

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