How has the perception of the hacker changed over recent years? What is the profile of a hacker today?

Hackers frequently spend long hours examining the types and structures of targeted systems because they must use guile, or fraud to bypass the controls placed on information owned by someone else.

Explanation

The perception of a hacker has evolved over the years.

The traditional hacker profile was a male, aged 14 to 18. 76% of hackers are men whose ages are between 14 years (8%) to 50 (11%). The average age is 35 years (43%). A hacker is persevering, patient, creative, bright and having a passion for what he does. Hackers today can be expert or novices. The experts create the software and schemes to attack computer systems. While the novices merely use software created by the experts.