Types of Hackers

Their primary motivation is financial / personal gain

• Black Hat Hacker

• Grey Hat Hacker

• White Hat Hacker

• Brown Hat Hacker

Their primary motivation is to help businesses find weaknesses in their security, usually for a sum of money.

• Black Hat Hacker

• Grey Hat Hacker

• White Hat Hacker

• Blue Hat Hacker

Their primary motivation is to find weaknesses in a companies security to then either get paid by the company to fix it or to expose the weakness to other hackers. These can be good or bad.

• Black Hat Hacker

• Grey Hat Hacker

• White Hat Hacker

• All of them

True Or False, White hat hackers break the law

• True

• False

Which hackers DON'T get paid by organisations regardless of what they do

• White Hat Hackers

• Grey Hat Hackers

• Black Hat Hackers

• None of them

Where did the name White Hat Hacker originate from

• Heroic, 'good' knights wear white

• White is the lightest colour symbolising good

• 'Good' cowboys wear white hats

• All of the above

Is Grey Hat Hacking Illegal?

• Yes

• No

Is White Hat Hacking Illegal?

• Yes

• No

If a Grey Hat Hacker hacks into an organization and reports it to them, are they still breaking the law?

• Yes

• No

I hack into Uckfield Colleges website and demand they pay me to help them get better security against this. Which hacker am I?

• White Hat Hacker

• Grey Hat Hacker

• Black Hat Hacker

• Brown Hat Hacker