Hackers are well paid
By scheng1
@scheng1 (24650)
Singapore
May 19, 2017 9:12am CST
Hackers are very well paid.
White hat hackers refers to legitimate hackers working for government and big companies.
Many white hat hackers have certifications to allow them to gain employment.
Black hat hackers refers to those who steal information, such as credit card details, and sell the information or use the information to enrich themselves.
In North Korea, apparently the highest paid hackers are military hackers. They hack to steal military secrets.
Too bad I do not have talent in this area, else I will make money much more enjoyable and easily.
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12 responses
@youless (112108)
• Guangzhou, China
19 May 17
I know they can make good money. But it is wrong. It is a big waste of their excellent abilities. If I had their skills, I would not do things like that. I think I would like to be someone who is like Julian Paul Assange. He has the excellent skills but he is just like a Robinhood today. He is a person who I appreciate.
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
20 May 17
Many white hat hackers are freelancers.
They work from home or anywhere else they like on assignment basis.
I think the weakness in Windows XP is one good example.
The weaknesses were discovered by white hat hackers, and Microsoft had to do patches to fix.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
21 May 17
@scheng1 There are many weakness even in Windows 10, for what concerns security it is less secure than all the previous systems, because Microsoft left too many hidden programs, just in case they (or the US government) need to check something.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
21 May 17
@scheng1 the hobby hacker is small fry beside big league corporate hackers
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
23 May 17
@arthurchappell yes, if North Korea government hires those smart students and reward them generously, that will be a woe to all of us.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
23 May 17
@scheng1 it would get very dangerous
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
19 May 17
When I was working as a Call Center agent in a BPO company. I talked to a hacker, well that's what he said. We try to configure his devices and to my shock, a hacker was working with me to make his devices up and running. He even paid for the remote access just to set his settings. He was good with command and other stuff. I was not helping him, he was helping me.
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@atoz1to10 (6781)
• Australia
19 May 17
Thanks for the information. I thought all hackers are the same.
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@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
19 May 17
they are paid for their intelligence for constructive work.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
23 May 17
It could be a very dangerous profession/occupation; just like espionage!
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