The conclusion of a recent joint study conducted by Palo Alto Networks and the Ponemon Institute is that “cyber-crime doesn’t pay” and that black hat hackers make up to four times less money in a year compared to their enemies, IT security specialists.
The study is in direct opposition to most of today’s black hat hacking myths, which say that the life of cyber-criminals is filled with lots of bountiful paydays.
The study took into account answers from 304 anonymous black hat hackers currently involved with the hacking community and familiar with present-day hacking methods.
Hackers only make a quarter of an IT security specialist’s salary
According to the study’s respondents, the life of a cyber-criminal isn’t what they expected it to be. While their white hat counterparts report salaries in average of $115,770 (€105,948) per year, black hat hackers that answered the survey said they only make $28,744 (€26,305) per year on average. For the full article click here
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