So... what does a hacker REALLY look like?

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27th October 2021

So... what does a hacker REALLY look like?

SC Media UK editor Alicia Buller and security consultant Chris Allen home in on the average cybercriminal profile – and it’s probably not what you think.

Today’s cybersecurity masterminds have more in common with C-suite directors or management pen pushers than hooded basement dwellers. And they’re not all based in Russia either.

That’s according to recent research presented at the University of Cambridge.

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