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TYPES OF HACKERS
1. Ethical hackers (white hat):- A hacker who gains accesses to
system with a view to fix the identified weakness.
2. Cracker (black hat):- A hacker who gains unauthorized access
to computer system for personal gain.
3. Grey hat: - A hacker who is in between white hat and black
hat hackers
4. Script kiddies: - hackers who use hacking send social,
religious and political messages etc.
5. Preacher: - A hacker who identifies and exploits weakness in
telephones, instead of computers
