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Society, Law and Ethics — Question 21

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Question 21

Differentiate between Hacker and Cracker.

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HackerCracker
Hackers are technically sound people who hack devices and systems with good intentions, such as to find the security lapses of a system, in order to rectify it or for obtaining more knowledge out of it.Crackers are people with malicious intentions who hack a system by breaking into it and violating it for some bad motives.
Hackers are the ethical professionals.Crackers are unethical.
They are known as White hat hackers.They are known as Black hat hackers.