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I don't have a more recent example, but this article[0] identifies a component of the RSA SecurID attack which utilized Poison Ivy. In my own experience experimenting with PI as an underaged teen in high school, it was a very popular and very lethal trojan and by most definitions, users were "script kiddies".

The old school concept of a script kiddie was someone who had a limited skill set that consisted of downloading exploits and trying everything to see what worked. Traditionally, a script kiddie didn't develop any of their own exploits.

Nowadays these people are known as Network Security Consultants and they are paid very well.

[0] https://www.computerworld.com/article/2483923/poison-ivy--us...



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