Are there any kid hackers?

1: Reuben Paul
Reuben Paul is a prodigy. At 10 year old, he has a firm purpose in life. He's an ethical hacker, and his main concern is security in mobile phones.
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Are there kid hackers?

Security professionals know that child hackers are smart, proficient and extremely dangerous. Police and courts also remember that they're still just kids.
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What is the age of hacker?

Hacker Age Breakdown

Interestingly enough, the average age of Hackers is 40+ years old, which represents 58% of the population.
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Who is the youngest ethical hacker?

A 17 year old young entrepreneur who is helping companies stay safe from all the security threats on the internet, Onkar Sonawane. He is the youngest Ethical Hacker and Cyber Security Expert. He is the CEO and founder of his own company, 'AlanceSec'.
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Who is the No 1 hacker in world?

Kevin Mitnick is the world's authority on hacking, social engineering, and security awareness training. In fact, the world's most used computer-based end-user security awareness training suite bears his name.
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Is Anonymous illegal?

It is not illegal to join Anonymous because you cannot join. Officially, there is nothing to join, although the collective does provide instructions on joining.
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Is it difficult to become a hacker?

Becoming a hacker will take intelligence, practice, dedication, and hard work. Therefore, you have to learn to distrust attitude and respect competence of every kind. Hackers won't let posers waste their time, but they worship competence — especially competence at hacking, but competence at anything is valued.
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What was the first hack?

The hackers were not even known as hackers but as practical jokers. The very first hack came in 1878 when the phone company, Bell Telephone, was started. A group of teenage boys, hired to run the switchboards, would disconnect or misdirect calls.
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Who hacked NASA in 1999?

A 15-year old with a PC hacked Nasa in 1999. Between August and October of 1999, Jonathan James used his skills as a hacker to intercept data from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency or DTRA (a division of the US department Of defense). He had access to over 3,000 messages, usernames and passwords of DTRA employees.
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Do Hackers Target Teens?

Cyberattacks are nothing new, of course. But what is less understood is the extent to which children increasingly are being targeted. About one in four youth in the US will experience identity theft or fraud before they reach the age of 18, according to a 2019 estimate by the consumer credit reporting company Experian.
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Why do hackers hack schools?

Of course, the motivation behind hacks can be a lot more serious. Criminals may sell student and staff data to be used in identity theft. Student data are especially valuable to identity thieves, said Rod Russeau, the director of technology and information services for Community High School District 99, near Chicago.
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Who hacked iPhone 13?

According to a report by Forbes, Chinese hackers who participated in the annual Tianfu Cup competition on October 16 and October 17, were able to break into the iPhone 13 Pro, Apple's new smartphone that was launched in September. The smartphone, which was (at the time) updated to the latest version of iOS 15.0.
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How did 15 year olds hack NASA?

22, 2000 -- A 15-year-old computer hacker caused a 21-dayshutdown of NASA computers that support the international spacestation, and invaded a Pentagon weapons computer system to intercept3,300 e-mails, steal passwords and cruise around like an employee.
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Has any satellite Been Hacked?

In 1986, for example, a hacker who called himself Captain Midnight broke into an HBO broadcast of The Falcon and the Snowman by hijacking the Galaxy 1 satellite signal. More recently, hackers have taken advantage of underutilized satellites for their own purposes.
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What do hackers study?

An individual planning to become a hacker will need to learn about programming, which is considered to be a vital step. A variety of software programs are now available that make hacking easier, however, if you want to know how it is done, you will definitely need to have basic knowledge about programming.
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What is Anonymous doing in Russia?

Anonymous attacking Russia

Since the Ukraine invasion began in February, Anonymous has led a cyber war against Russia, claiming it successfully hacked into government and bank records.
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What has Anonymous hacked in Russia?

Anonymous claims it hacked into Russian energy companies to expose emails and continue its cyberwar in support of Ukraine. The hacker collective posted on Twitter that it had published over 1 million emails from ALET, a Russian customs broker for fuel and energy companies.
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Who is Earth's most wanted hacker?

1. Kevin Mitnick. Possibly the most well-known hacker of all time is Kevin Mitnick. In fact, the Department of Justice called him the "most wanted computer criminal in US history." He was also one of the FBI's Most Wanted after hacking into 40 major corporations.
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Has Google ever been hacked?

The most recent Google data breach occurred in December 2018, when a bug exposed the data of 52.5 million Google+ users. This came just two months after another Google+ data breach came to light. In response to these two incidents, Google closed down Google+ in April 2019.
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Who is the No 2 hacker in world?

2. Jonathan James. The story of Jonathan James, known as "c0mrade," is a tragic one. He began hacking at a young age, managing to hack into several commercial and government networks and being sent to prison for it—all while he was still a minor.
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Who is legendary hacker in world?

Kevin Mitnick

In 1989, he hacked Digital Equipment Corporation's (DEC) network and made copies of their software. Because DEC was a leading computer manufacturer at the time, this act put Mitnick on the map.
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