Is this "HackerOne" site, StackOverflow/StackExchange for security hackers?? Maybe not... but it has reputation and a users' leader-board! It is a #tech "developer" platform. The X.com security team uses it - https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/reporting-security-vulnerabilities - I re-posted this from there.
#security #research , #hacking #cybersecurity , #safe #internet
https://hackerone.com/leaderboard?year=2025&quarter=4&owasp=a1&assetType=WEB_APP&tab=all&userTypeTab=individual
... and a screenshot image to help people know, not all computer users with advanced skills ("hackers") are crackers! (people who hack system or network security weaknesses). Not to be confused with Hacker culture ["cyber-rights" activism - Free and Open Source Software and open-source freely used hardware design]. #foss #open #culture , #system
Some people also have written that security hacking is a spectrum of classifications: white hat ethical testers, black hat malicious people, grey hat defect notifiers, skilled "elite" hackers, "script (s)kiddie" hacking tool low-skilled people, "neophyte" newbie people without much knowledge, "blue hat" system bug-testers.
#spectrum #ethical #tools , #digitaltools , #definition of #meaning
![Wikipedia, Tuesday 5th of March 2024 screenshot, 6 cite references: A security hacker [or researcher] is someone who explores methods for breaching [or bypassing] defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, [sabotage,] information gathering, challenge, recreation, or evaluation of system weaknesses to assist in formulating defenses against [other] potential hackers. Longstanding controversy surrounds the meaning of the term "hacker". In this controversy, computer programmers reclaim the term hacker, arguing that it refers simply to someone with an advanced understanding of computers and computer networks and that cracker is the more appropriate term for those who break into computers, whether computer criminals (black hats) or computer security experts (white hats). [...] Not to be confused with "Hacker" or "Hacker culture".](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/699/086/939/613/714/small/3018a6937a2173e3.jpg)



