<aside> <img src="/icons/child_gray.svg" alt="/icons/child_gray.svg" width="40px" /> An individual who lacks the technical knowledge to develop their own hacking tools or exploits is known as an Unskilled Attacker

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Unskilled Attacker (Script Kiddie)

• Individual who lacks the technical knowledge to develop their own hacking tools or exploits
• These low-skilled threat actors need to rely on scripts and programs that have been developed by others

How do these unskilled attackers cause damage?

One way is to launch a DDoS attack

An unskilled attacker can simply enter in the IP address of the system they want to target, then click a button to launch an attack against the target