As shown here, a hacker is pretty much capable of causing far-reaching damage quite similar to the way Hollywood says. Depending on the conditions, a capable hacker can take over user accounts, compromise systems, and even get away with stolen intellectual property.
The main difference between the movies and real life is that hacking is never really easy. And no, real hacking skills take more than learning how to Google. Granted, stealing someone’s password can be done any day even by “script kiddies” (those who rely on FAQs and pre-built tools). In reality, hacking involves knowing exactly how a system works. This means a hacker probably has built that system at one point, has tinkered with it, has tested its responses to different inputs, and has already pinpointed and analyzed its weaknesses.
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