People who can hack computers and etc?

[Intellectualgiraffe256]

Who are people who can hack other people's computers called? Like those who can check that who you contacted, and etc.

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[Chandler]

hackers?

they might also be programmers or engineers perhaps? but...hacker is proficient to get the meaning across

[Poolmanjim]

Hackers is generally a term, however, most white and gray hat hackers don't like that to be associated with their black hat counterparts.

Hackers
Crackers (as in the crack safe systems)
Intrusion Specialists
Penetration Specialists
Ethical Hackers
Computer Security Professionals
Computer Programmers (most computer programmers understand enough to build very simple cracking tools)

[Fola]

Farmers

[Angeleyes]

Hackers.