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  2. Hacker - Wikipedia

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    A hacker is a person skilled in information technology who achieves goals by non-standard means. The term has become associated in popular culture with a security hacker – someone with knowledge of bugs or exploits to break into computer systems and access data which would otherwise be inaccessible to them.

  3. Security hacker - Wikipedia

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    A security hacker or security researcher is someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network. [1] Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, information gathering, [2] challenge, recreation, [3] or evaluation of a system weaknesses to assist in formulating defenses against potential hackers.

  4. White hat (computer security) - Wikipedia

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    Struan Robertson, legal director at Pinsent Masons LLP, and editor of OUT-LAW.com says "Broadly speaking, if the access to a system is authorized, the hacking is ethical and legal. If it isn't, there's an offense under the Computer Misuse Act. The unauthorized access offense covers everything from guessing the password to accessing someone's ...

  5. Black hat (computer security) - Wikipedia

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    While hacking has become an important tool for governments to gather intelligence, black hats tend to work alone or with organized crime groups for financial gain. [2] [6] Black hat hackers may be novices or experienced criminals. They are usually competent infiltrators of computer networks and can circumvent security protocols. They may create ...

  6. Backdoor (computing) - Wikipedia

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    A backdoor is a typically covert method of bypassing normal authentication or encryption in a computer, product, embedded device (e.g. a home router), or its embodiment (e.g. part of a cryptosystem, algorithm, chipset, or even a "homunculus computer"—a tiny computer-within-a-computer such as that found in Intel's AMT technology).

  7. Hack-for-hire operation - Wikipedia

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    Hack-for-hire services are typically considered illegal, as they involve unauthorized access to private digital systems and computer networks. They are generally punishable under the computer crime laws of many countries, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in the United States and the Computer Misuse Act in the United Kingdom. [6 ...

  8. Category:Hacking (computer security) - Wikipedia

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    This category is for pages related to the computer security definition of hacking. Individual hackers and hacking groups should be categorized into related categories. Individual hackers and hacking groups should be categorized into related categories.

  9. Hacking - Wikipedia

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    Hacking (falconry), the practice of raising falcons in captivity then later releasing into the wild; Hacking (rugby), tripping an opposing player; Pleasure riding, horseback riding for purely recreational purposes, also called hacking; Shin-kicking, an English martial art also called hacking