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How much money do hackers make? What does their income depend on?

One of the most lucrative jobs in the world is hacking, and people with computer talent tend to get into the world of hacking, but the common question is, how much do hackers earn?
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Mar 19, 2021

In order for people to be able to make a lot of money in the world of hacking, they have to have a lot of perseverance and a lot of effort in this area, so that they can eventually achieve a lot of fame and earn a lot of money every month, hackers must have expertise in all areas related to computer in order to be able to achieve their goal easily, the world of hacking is very attractive to all people, and people with curious personalities are more interested in this field, because this world is endless and can create a lot of excitement for these people, the is important thing for all people in choosing a job is its income, if a job has a good income, people will be attracted to it easily.

There are many types of hackers in general, white hat and black hat hackers are two of the most important types of hackers, both of which can make a lot of money, white hat hackers work legally on the other hand, black hat hackers do illegal tasks, there are many organizations today that need to use white hat hackers to increase the security of their system and find and report security holes in their system before black hat hackers , their income depends on various factors, which we are going to discuss in more detail below.

How much money do hackers make?

How much money do hackers make?

Hackers may operate and spend their knowledge in various fields, some hackers, like red hat hackers, operate in such a way that they leave no trace, so accurate statistics on the amount of income that these types of hackers earn are not available, and most of them only trade through digital currency, for this reason, their income cannot be tracked accurately.

Some other hackers make a lot of money by finding security holes in the new software that is offered, and give software designers the necessary reports about bugs in the software which they have designed, and make a lot of money through this activity, another group of hackers that we have mentioned earlier is white hat hackers who work for large companies and earn a lot of money.

In fact, the presence of this type of hacker has become one of the requirements of any large company, due to the fact that they find all the security holes in the system and prevent malicious hackers from infiltrating the system, hackers' income ranges are from about $25,000 to $112,000, depending on the tasks that are being done by them, they generally have the highest average income, therefore people are willing to work in the hacking sector.

To date, more than $100 million has been paid to hackers who have been able to find bugs in other software, in fact, if a person can find the security flaws of a system, he/she can find many jobs and work in this field.

What does hackers' income depend on?

In general, the income of hackers depends on several factors, some of which we will discuss below.

- Hacker belongs to which group of hackers:

You know the fact that there are many types of hackers , and it is possible for a hacker to operate in one of its different types, with different levels of revenue, for example, one hacker may be a red hat hacker and another may be a black hat hacker , and so on.

- Hacker expertise:

When a person is called a hacker, that person certainly has expertise in this area, but the level of expertise of hackers is different and sometimes one hacker cannot infiltrate one system, while another one may be able to infiltrate the system easily.

The more professional a hacker is in his field of work, the more money he/she can earn, so it is necessary for hackers to be up to date and learn all the new tips quickly in order to be ahead of their competitors.

- Hacker creativity:

Creativity is very valuable in the world of hacking and two hackers may have the same knowledge, but one of them is more creative than the other, as a result, a hacker who is more creative can make a lot of money quickly and then gain a lot of fame after a short while, in addition to the cases mentioned above, the amount of income of hackers depends on other factors that ultimately cause a hacker to make a lot of money.

What methods do hackers use in order to hack?

Hackers gain access to information in systems by finding security holes, and may eventually gain access to all information in the system, they may use social engineering methods, sending spam emails, malicious links, virus-infected software, etc., to hack a system and access the information of different systems and users through all these facilities.

Also, white hat and red hat hackers follow all the methods that other hackers do, in all the actions that they intend to do, they try to put themselves in the place of malicious hackers, so that they can think like them and finally block all the ways of infiltrating the system. Here are some of the methods that hackers use to infiltrate security systems.

Methods that hackers use to hack:

- Social engineering method:

In this method, hackers , with their great knowledge and ingenuity, try to make someone provide them with important information by trusting them, and finally, the hacker abuses this trust of the user in order to achieve his desires.

- Hack hosting:

Choosing a secure host is very important and can help you to finally increase the security of your site and block the way for hackers, our suggestion is to get a dedicated host and get help from experts in this field to configure it accurately.

- Infiltration through the presence of security holes in the physical security sector:

The physical security of a system and organization is very important and all the necessary points to increase security in this area must be done properly.

- Malicious software:

As we mentioned, hackers have a lot of knowledge in various fields of software, hardware, etc., and because of this knowledge, they can earn high incomes, so they can easily design malicious software, and offer this software to different users, so if users download and use it, hackers can easily infiltrate their system and receive their important information, such as credit card number and so on, as a result they can make a lot of money and may also receive personal information from people, and use them to log in to that user account and send many messages to different people, which may contain spam links, or it may contain a request of money from users, all of which ultimately leads to hackers reaching the highest average income.

In general, hackers can make a lot of money in different ways, and their income depends on different factors as we mentioned before, but the characters of hackers are different, and this is why a hacker chooses to be a white hat hacker , whereas the other one with the same amount of talent and knowledge, prefer to be a black hat hacker to abuse people's information in order to achieve their personal desires.

How much money do hackers make?

Last word:

In this article, we tried to explain to you the reason for the increasing number of hackers and how much income each hacker can earn by hacking different systems or helping the systems to find security bugs in them, as a user, you should do your best to increase the security of your system as much as possible so that hackers cannot infiltrate your system and get your information even if they receive a lot of money from other people, in order to give your important and personal information to others, so the most important thing as a user is to block hackers way in order not to access your system, but as a hacker, you need to try to infiltrate systems because of its high income, but pay attention to the fact that there are eleven types of hackers, and you can choose the good ones like white hat hackers which are so helpful for society, so you can choose a useful job which has a high income.

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