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'''Crackers''' are people who illegally access information on the internet which they usually would not have access to. Although almost all forms of hacking are highly illegal, there is often a distinction made between hackers who perform such actions for what they view as good causes (such as testing security systems or combatting cyber-terrorism) and crackers, those who use it for personal gain (such as stealing accounts, identity theft or in extreme cases trying to gain information on governments/military). | '''Crackers''' are people who illegally access information on the internet which they usually would not have access to. Although almost all forms of hacking are highly illegal, there is often a distinction made between hackers who perform such actions for what they view as good causes (such as testing security systems or combatting cyber-terrorism, known as "White Hat hackers") and crackers, those who use it for personal gain (such as stealing accounts, identity theft or in extreme cases trying to gain information on governments/military) (also known as "Black Hat hackers"). | ||
==Known crackers== | ==Known crackers== | ||
*[[CyberBerkut]] | *[[CyberBerkut]] | ||
*[[DarkSide]] | *[[DarkSide]] | ||
*[[Ehud Tenenbaum]] | |||
*[[Hafnium]] | *[[Hafnium]] | ||
*[[Honker Union]] | *[[Honker Union]] | ||
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Crackers are people who illegally access information on the internet which they usually would not have access to. Although almost all forms of hacking are highly illegal, there is often a distinction made between hackers who perform such actions for what they view as good causes (such as testing security systems or combatting cyber-terrorism, known as "White Hat hackers") and crackers, those who use it for personal gain (such as stealing accounts, identity theft or in extreme cases trying to gain information on governments/military) (also known as "Black Hat hackers").