"We are apolitical, we do not participate in geopolitics, do not need to tie us with a defined government and look for our motives," the statement said. "Our goal is to make money, and not creating problems for society. From today we introduce moderation and check each company that our partners want to encrypt to avoid social consequences in the future."
Protected organizations not to be harmed include hospitals, hospices, schools, universities, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. Also apparently protected are entities based in former Soviet countries. Fair game, then, are all for-profit companies in English speaking countries.
little cringe being apolitical mercenaries but based because they usually attack Anglo colonialist countries :amerikkka:
Depends on what you want to do really, and what you consider "hacking". Like finding a hidden directory on my router's manufacturer's website, so I can download "secret" unlocked firmware for my router? Pretty easy. Actually coding malware that operates on a modern operating system? You'll need a lot of technical skill and insight to do that.
Then again a ton of hacking is manipulating features of a software product that weren't designed to be used or combined in a certain way. The recent Facebook hack/data leak for example? Exploited the "friends of friends" feature that wasn't rate limited at the time to get everyone's information. While the technical skill required for such a thing is not extremely high, you have to know where to look and have a general idea of how such a program works in order to execute such a attack.
Makes sense. I guess I still have the movie idea of a hacker running through code like the matrix stuck in my head lol
I mean hackers still program/create their own tools to exploit things. For example at the beginning of the pandemic groups created tools that would search Zoom for meetings/rooms without a password or host controlled entry, and join a random Zoom meeting that fits said criteria. This was the culprit of a lot of the "Zoom sniping" that happened at the beginning of last year. But it's nothing like the movies lol