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Answer» Differences between hackers and crackers are as follows: | Hackers | Crackers | | A hacker is a person intensely interested in the arcane and recondite working of any computer operating system. | A cracker is one who breaks into or otherwise violates the system integrity of remote machines with malicious intent. | | Hackers obtain advanced knowledge of operating systems and programming languages. | Having gained unauthorized access, crackers destroy vital data, deny legitimate users service, or cause problems for their targets. | | Hackers constantly seek further knowledge, freely share what they have discovered and never intentionally damage data. | Crackers can easily be identified because their actions are malicious. |
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