script kiddies

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
script kiddies
 pl.n.

   1. [very common] The lowest form of {cracker}; script kiddies do
   mischief with scripts and {rootkit}s written by others, often without
   understanding the {exploit} they are using. Used of people with
   limited technical expertise using easy-to-operate, pre-configured,
   and/or automated tools to conduct disruptive activities against
   networked systems. Since most of these tools are fairly well-known by
   the security community, the adverse impact of such actions is usually
   minimal.

   2. People who cannot program, but who create tacky HTML pages by
   copying JavaScript routines from other tacky HTML pages. More
   generally, a script kiddie writes (or more likely cuts and pastes)
   code without either having or desiring to have a mental model of what
   the code does; someone who thinks of code as magical incantations and
   asks only "what do I need to type to make this happen?"
    

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