Hacker
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A Hacker is an skilled person who develops system vulnerability exploits on system vulnerabilities.
- Context:
- They can achieve a goal or overcome an obstacle within a system by non-standard means.
- They can range from being a Black Hat Hacker to being a White Hat Hacker.
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- See: Hacker Attack, State Actor, Security Hacker, Bug (Computing), Exploit (Computer Security), Law Enforcement Agencies.
References
2023
- (Schneier, 2023) ⇒ Bruce Schneier. (2023). “A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back.” W. W. Norton..
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hacker Retrieved:2023-3-30.
- A hacker is a person skilled in information technology who uses their technical knowledge to achieve a goal or overcome an obstacle, within a computerized system by non-standard means. Though the term hacker has become associated in popular culture with a security hackersomeone who utilizes their technical know-how of bugs or exploits to break into computer systems and access data which would otherwise be inaccessible to them – hacking can also be utilized by legitimate figures in legal situations. For example, law enforcement agencies sometimes use hacking techniques in order to collect evidence on criminals and other malicious actors. This could include using anonymity tools (such as a VPN, or the dark web) to mask their identities online, posing as criminals themselves. Likewise, covert world agencies can employ hacking techniques in the legal conduct of their work. On the other hand, hacking and cyber-attacks are used extra- and illegally by law enforcement and security agencies (conducting warrantless activities), and employed by state actors as a weapon of both legal and illegal warfare.