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title: Introduction to Hacking - Hacker Hierarchy show-content: 1
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Script Kiddies: These are the wannabe hackers. They are looked down upon in the hacker community becase they are the people that make hackers look bad. Script kiddies usually have no hacking skills and use the tools developed by other hackers without any knowledge of what's happening behind the scenes.
Intermediate hackers: These people usually know about computers, networks and have enough programming knowledge to understand relatively what a script might do, but like the script kiddies they use pre-developed well-known exploits (a piece of code that takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability in a piece of software that allows you to take control of a computer system) to carry out attacks.
Elite hackers: These are the skilled hackers. They are the ones that write the many hacker exploits out there. They can break into systems and hide their tracks or make it look like someone else did it. You should strive to eventually reach this level.