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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What’s another name for crackers ____ malicious hackers who infiltrate secure systems in order to steal information or cause damage?
A
Black hats
B
Pirates
C
Digital rogues
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Black-hat Hackers are also known as an Unethical Hacker or a Security Cracker. These people hack the system illegally to steal money or to achieve their own illegal goals. They find banks or other companies with weak security and steal money or credit card information. They can also modify or destroy the data as well.

Detailed explanation-2: -Black hat hackers are malicious hackers, sometimes called crackers. Black hats lack ethics, sometimes violate laws, and break into computer systems with malicious intent, and they may violate the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an organization’s systems and data.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is Black Hat Hackers. Additional Information. A Black Hat Hacker or Cracker is a hacker who attempts to access a computer without authorization for malicious purpose.

Detailed explanation-4: -A black hat (black hat hacker or blackhat) is a computer hacker who usually violates laws or typical ethical standards. The term originates from 1950s westerns, when bad guys typically wore black hats and good guys white hats. Black hat hackers aim to hack into any system for their own profit or out of malice.

Detailed explanation-5: -White hat hackers probe cybersecurity weaknesses to help organizations develop stronger security; black hat hackers are motivated by malicious intent; and Gray hat hackers operate in the nebulous area in between-they’re not malicious, but they’re not always ethical either.

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