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What are the types of hackers?

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there r four types of hackers .




white hat hackers :- they do hacking only for ethics they trace and monitor the malicious activity.they have the legal rights to do hack or related to hacking . they are also called ethical hackers.



Black hat hackers :- they do only malicious thing like making trojens ,hacking email id .they actually called crackers . they don't have the legal rights to do that. they are called non ethical hackers.


grey hat hackers :-some time white hat hackers turn to black hat hackers those hackers are called grey hat hackers.


suicide hackers :- that type of hackers do the illegal job without fear of police or law.






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