Male cybercriminals often masquerade as women online for social approval and secondary benefits. Pavel Sitnikov, hacker and founder of X-Panamas information security company, mentioned this to socialbites.ca, commenting on the conflict between the Empress video game hacker and the Skidrow group.
“Girls are more likely to be taken to closed hacker communities. It’s easier for girls to collect donations for their alleged hacker activities from subscribers on Telegram and social networks,” the expert said.
According to Sitnikov, there are actually very few girls among hackers. About a percent or less. Most of them hide their identity and do not advertise their gender.
“I know a handful of female hackers. It is noteworthy that one of them is transgender. By the way, he himself lives in Russia, “said she.
According to him, scammers pretending to be girls often wear avatars of heroes of anime series or elves of popular online games. In addition, fake hackers actively use the images they invented to manipulate people.
“For example, I know of cases where hackers disguised as girls and asked more experienced guys to do some complicated things, explain and help out,” Sitnikov said.
Empress hacker specializes in hacking computer games and making pirated copies. Former Empress publicly He accused opponents in the Skidrow group of amateurism. In response, Skidrow began to convince people on social networks and forums that the Empress is a man who pretends to be a sexy girl and cheats on everyone.
Source: Gazeta
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