THIN RED LINE :HACKER OR SECURITY PROFESSIONAL

1. There is a very fine line between being an ethical hacker and unethical criminal gaining access to confidential user data and username and passwords. They use them not only to gain an access for personal gains, make money but also they have become Hacker-On-Hire.
2. Its not limited to two penny criminals looking for making quick buck. There are highly qualified, hi- tech professional making it full time activity. then live examples are the recent arrest of a techie in Allahabad, UP, India. An MCA graduate, and software professional, he used his skills to develop a software  and programme to hack the websites. He had acquired the ID and password of the website of  North Malaka-based businessman who runs a multi-recharge website, after stealing the database. Apart from mobile and DTH charge, he had also shopped online. He was arrested on 18 February 2014 from Civil lines by cyber cell of Allahabad Police. Ref http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Techie-turns-hacker-held/articleshow/30584488.cms