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There's also an element here that should be studied in more detail: These are arrests, not participants. What if the older hackers are just better at not gettin
by astrodust 10y ago
There's also an element here that should be studied in more detail: These are arrests, not participants. What if the older hackers are just better at not getting caught and it's the kids that make mistakes that get them busted?
- openasocket 10y agoYes and no. LulzSec and Lizard Squad belong to a very specific subset of hackers: people who hack big targets simply because they enjoy it. People in this group tend to be relatively unskilled, and less emotionally mature, hence skew younger. And they also are a lot more likely to end up in the news, and in people's imaginations. The majority of hackers in the modern day do what they do for financial gain. Among that group things are more even. But the skilled hackers, those that develop and use 0days, will skew older because it takes time and experience to reach that level.