Breaking In to Keep Hackers Out: The Essential Work of Penetration Testers

Breaking In to Keep Hackers Out: The Essential Work of Penetration Testers

The penetration test process and types of penetration test It may sound counterintuitive, but organisations actually pay people to break into their networks. The reason is simple: to catch a thief, you must think like a thief. Organisations hire ethical hackers – aka ‘penetration testers’ or ‘pen testers’ – to identify weaknesses in their defences before a criminal hacker exploits them. This helps organisations proactively strengthen their security posture and keep up with the cyber landscape. Ethical hackers use the same methods as malicious actors, but with the crucial difference of operating within the law and not misusing any information
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The Real World – 324,382 breached accounts

In November 2024, the online course founded by Andrew Tate known as “The Real World” (previously “Hustler’s University” suffered a data breach that exposed almost 325k users of the platform. The impacted data was limited to usernames, email addresses and chat logs.

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