Colorful Hackers that you may not know !!

# A white hat hacker or ethical hacker is someone who breaks security but does so for non-malicious reasons # A grey hat hacker is a hacker of ambiguous ethics and/or borderline legality # A blue hat hacker is someone from outside computer security consulting firms who is used to bug-test a system before its launch # A black hat hacker is someone who subverts computer security without authorisation or who uses technology for subverse activities # A script kiddie is a person, usually not an expert in computer security, who breaks into computer systems by using pre-packaged automated tools written by others # A hacktivist is a hacker who uses technology to announce a political message. Source: http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/may/26spec.htm